The car century was a mistake. It’s time to move on

Nonsense, new levels of tech will not be reached without current levels of tech. The automobile was needed to deliver new levels of tech in a flexible form. Railroad and boat would never be able to do that. Funny how people always think that tech is in some kind of vacuum, probably same way how people think that creation of things can be done without standing on the shoulders of our forefathers (see whole copyright debate).