There's never been a better time to go into math (by: 3blue1brown) [video]

Re:There's never been a better time to go into math (by: 3bl... by culi on Tuesday October 20, 2026 @01:55PM (#50170120)

Maybe I'm misunderstanding your point but all of those seem like examples of my own point. They all have major downsides/tradeoffs. Cars being the most obvious on the list of downsides. The massive environmental cost, the fact that 2% of the land area of the US is paved so that cars could work, the smog and pollution, etc.

If it were true that cars were a complete improvement and cheaper then we wouldn't have bikes anymore. All technologies have tradeoffs

[ Parent | on HN ]

Re:There's never been a better time to go into math (by: 3bl... by fsflover on Sunday October 25, 2026 @04:10PM (#50235576)

I don't see how any of these items prove your point.

> Cars being the most obvious on the list of downsides. The massive environmental cost

Newer cars require far less resources for construction and operation.

> the fact that 2% of the land area of the US is paved so that cars could work

Harmful governmental policies forcing people to use cars everywhere have nothing to do with the fact that progress makes cars more efficient.

[ Parent | on HN ]