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Did he really say that? Farmers are the original WFH-ers.

Exactly. Just as we also see the sun rise each morning.

That, however, does not imply one predicts that the sun will forever rise each morning. In fact, we know that at some point the sun will no longer rise in the morning. But we see the sun rise each morning, and we see a new cambrian idea or core technology every 5-10 years.

> I'm not the one conflating anything here.

That's fair. Conflation implies intent. Whereas you are just confused.

But not all that amazing when you remember that said tuning always happens in reaction to what is already happening. If money were free again today, it is much more likely that people would funnel it into backing products and services riding the inflationary wave, not go back to tech startups. That's explicitly why the central banks increased rates in the first place, after all – to slow down that behaviour. It is just one of an infinite number of variables, not some magical variable that stands alone. Tech's day in the sun was over either way. People were already moving on.

Then the observed trend will come to an end. Seems rather obvious, no?

They might, but, if you are going to let the private sector do better, doesn't that also come with the implication that that the government will step down? We could, for example, have hundreds of businesses selling Windows, Office, etc., fixing the Microsoft problem spoken of earlier, but we can't do that right now because the government doesn't allow it. Try starting a business selling Windows and see how long before the full force of the law is bearing down on you. That certainly isn't efficient.

Analyzing a CAD model as you describe is more like running a compiler or type checker on code already written, which is the norm in software too, but is not within in the vein of the topic of discussion.

They don't. CAD, the "programming languages" of most other engineering disciplines, is as much of a Wild West.

Nah. Many cities long predate the car. They absolutely were designed in the same way they are still found now, aside from what are now roads were squares for people to walk in. Return the road back to being a square and nobody would be able to recognize that there was a car era. But, so long as the people want to live a rural lifestyle, good luck…

Yes, these are the rural areas of which we speak. Everything gets spread out and then you're stuck travelling long distances to do anything, just like those who live in actual rural areas. There is no question that transportation is necessary in a rural area.

A proper urban environment, however, puts everything right there in a short distance. No need to ever travel beyond where your feet can take you. That's the whole reason for living so close to other people.

But it's clear that people want to live in (or pretend to live in) rural areas. It seems to be in our nature. As such, there is a lot of pressure to maintain the way things are. Hence the ill-conceived cries for better transportation to maintain the rural way of life instead of actually embracing urbanity.

Better yet, we really need to consider urbanization. That way everything you need is right there by your own two feet. No need for any extra special transportation at all.

It seems people have a burning desire to live the rural lifestyle, though, even in so-called cities. I'm not sure we can actually overcome that pressure.