This is how we progress as humans. We went from horseless carriages to self-driving, self-organizing transport in a hundred and fifty years. We went from powered flight to putting a man on the moon in sixty years. We’ve always progressed in leaps and bounds. It is our ability, no, our duty, to do what is efficient, and to do what is best, to evolve not just our vehicles and our cities and our homes, but also the social structures that hold us back . Yudhanjaya Wijeratne
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When we think of the advances in human progress, we tend to focus on technology, and we think that if we just had better technology or more powerful technology, then we could control problems and solve them. This is a mistake that we have made time and time again. We can’t build a better future by building bigger and stronger machines. We can only build a better future by changing the social structures that keep us from achieving our goals.

The automobile is one such example. It was developed out of necessity rather than out of some grand vision. As soon as the automobile was developed, it became clear that there were serious problems with it.

People weren’t safe on the roads, and drivers were taking their eyes off of the road and driving recklessly themselves. It didn’t take long for people to realize that cars should be designed to protect both the driver and other people on the road; safety features were added to cars in order to make them safer.

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