[atoav]

Technology has a transformative effect on society and the way we live. This is why old cities look like they look (built before cars and trains were a thing) and this is why most US cites look like they look (built during the prime of the car age).

Similar things are certainly true for other technology, even for the (tolerated) side products of said technology. Is any single person at fault here? Probably not. They mostly acted rationally within their small horizon, but together they created a problem, even for themselves.

We have similar problems when it comes to markets and global warming. Many individually rational decisions can lead to negative outcomes for the whole.

There is a very good episode on the Omega Tau Podcast on precisely that problem: https://pca.st/t8Yd

The interviewed Scientist Dr. Igor Nikolic focused on the design of a co-evolutionary method for constructing Agent Based Models of the evolution of Large Scale Socio-Technical systems in the TU Delft in the Netherlands and tries to tackle problems like these, where you'd be lost without a more systemic view of the problem.

[brokenkebab]

I appreciate your effort in trying to explain your opinion, but it's unclear how it is related to my comment above. To clarify: it's sarcastic reaction to the story's bias, and shallowness.

[atoav]

It seems I didn't get your sarcastic tone then, sorry for the inconvenience.