[macspoofing]

>Most things we designed are just so fucking inefficient and borderline insane,

Are they though? We're quite good (and dare I say it: 'efficient') at feeding, housing and transporting huge populations. Almost all the inefficiencies you mentioned are preference and/or comfort based. Society is not separated from laws of physics and economics. Everything is balanced against the cost of those services - when/if costs go up, you do tend to see corresponding change, typically in efficiency increase (e.g. smaller more efficient cars as gas prices go up).

>endless streams of 2000kg+ hunk of steel, plastic and glass, 95% of them transport about 80kg of human, 95% of the time they're just parked taking space for no reason.

That's true ... kind of ... there is a cost for car ownership and use that is different in different regions. If you're in New York, you're probably not driving to work.

The human part of car ownership is freedom. It's not ultra efficient to own a car, but there is something about it that is liberating for many people of all economic statuses. Most likely, in the future, car ownership will go away for the vast majority of people, and it will be sad when it does.

[globular-toast]

> The human part of car ownership is freedom.

I'm sure the car marketing department agrees with you. Unfortunately, the reality for most people is not about freedom, it's about necessity. A car is simply the only way to get around; there are no other options. Freedom can't exist without choice. If you actually observe daily car users you'll find they are angry and frustrated. I find these daily frustrations occupy a vastly disproportionate space in their heads as well. How many times have you heard about the asshole on the road today? Or how bad the traffic was? These are signs that things aren't right, but people just can't see a way around it. If you realised something you were eating was unpleasant you'd just stop eating it, but people aren't able to stop driving.

You're clinging to the past where maybe the top 10% of society could own a car. Those people had freedom. Nowadays those people have private jets.

[userbinator]

You're clinging to the past where maybe the top 10% of society could own a car.

You mean the early 20th century? In the mid-20th century far more than 10% of the population owned a car.

On the other hand you appear to have swallowed the WEF propaganda about increasing density to factory-farm levels and making the population truly own nothing, because then they'll be easier to observe and control. That's not freedom.