WORLD● LOW2h ago · Oct 20, 2026, 1:17 PM
Modern Transportation Deserves Our Awe
Human Progress · global
Summary: For most of history, slow, costly, and dangerous travel kept communities isolated and left them vulnerable. Modern transportation has expanded trade, improved access to food and medicine, and made distant places accessible to ordinary people. Despite everyday delays and frustrations, this extraordinary freedom of movement—and the ingenuity that made it possible—deserves our awe. Whether […] The post Modern Transportation Deserves Our Awe appeared first on Human Progress.
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