I mean, cars are a great example of a technological advancement that absolutely ruined lots of places around the world:
- city centers, rendered noisy, rotted out of businesses, and replaced with parking lots
- rural areas rendered completely car-dependent since roads are no longer walking-friendly
- small towns who lost their entire downtown strip because people would rather drive their car to wal-mart
- millions of pedestrian deaths worldwide per year because cars make it very easy to "accidentally" kill people
So... I guess the lesson is that it is exactly that kind of debate, and that there are pros and cons on both sides?
- city centers, rendered noisy, rotted out of businesses, and replaced with parking lots - rural areas rendered completely car-dependent since roads are no longer walking-friendly - small towns who lost their entire downtown strip because people would rather drive their car to wal-mart - millions of pedestrian deaths worldwide per year because cars make it very easy to "accidentally" kill people
So... I guess the lesson is that it is exactly that kind of debate, and that there are pros and cons on both sides?