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4. This may be surprising, but humanity existed for millennia without cars.
Fri Apr 17, 2026, 11:11 AM
Friday

One can look it up.

I own a car, which makes me a hypocrite in this context, however, I recognize limits.

This said, the car CULTure is not sustainable in any form. The issue is physical much like mortality is physical.

The world will not behave in a way that bends to our convenience. In fact it's immediately clear that it isn't doing so. Instead it will behave according to the laws of physics and chemistry, and these do not depend on whether they are well liked laws or not. They exist independently of culture, always have, always will.


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