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Why should we care for "revolutionary" when the design that has been working for centuries is cheap, widely understood and universally available?

• palmotea 1y ago
  > Why should we care for "revolutionary" when the design that has been working for centuries is cheap, widely understood and universally available? Because some designer wants to feel good about themselves, better than all who came before.
  • rglullis 1y ago
    If wankery is what they they are after, maybe they should go design "revolutionary" sex toys.
    • jfengel 1y ago
      You might be stunned at what the boffins have come up with. Or perhaps horrified.
• hbarka 1y ago
  Horses complained about this when the Model T came.
  • rglullis 1y ago
    Horses were not cheap nor universally available. And cars had the obvious benefit that they did not leave literal horse shit around the city. This "revolutionary design" does not offer any significant advantage over the existing systems for e-bikes. A regular e-bike without power is a just a regular bike. You can adapt a regular bike into an e-bike for < $600. Any run-of-the-mill mechanic can figure out how to work on a basic bike. This one will probably require some "certified Rivian expert" to work on it. Only irrational neomania can justify being interested in this "revolution".