But look at what it got right-- vast urban areas decentralized, with larger commuter radii, tv screens as rear view mirrors, prefabricated bridge components, modular cargo containers...
Still, it's horrifying and sick to me. The whole vision was one where technology removes any necessity for us to interact with other people or get our hands dirty doing... anything. And it absolutely failed to consider the side effect of sprawl, massive energy expenditure (radiant heat on the highway??) or even the horror of giant land-eating, road-spitting machines paving the nation...
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Date: 2010-11-25 04:10 pm (UTC)But look at what it got right-- vast urban areas decentralized, with larger commuter radii, tv screens as rear view mirrors, prefabricated bridge components, modular cargo containers...
Still, it's horrifying and sick to me. The whole vision was one where technology removes any necessity for us to interact with other people or get our hands dirty doing... anything. And it absolutely failed to consider the side effect of sprawl, massive energy expenditure (radiant heat on the highway??) or even the horror of giant land-eating, road-spitting machines paving the nation...