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by wtfrmyinitials 1701 days ago
That’s why the comparison is apt. “Cars are were bad for cities” isn’t a remotely hot take, and yet nobody claims that the invention of the car was a net-negative for the world.
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maxwell 1701 days ago
I claim that automobiles have been a net-negative for the world.

You'd argue the rollout of automobiles has been a net-positive? By which metric(s)?

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