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why didn't car design just remain as carriages? Imagine how peaceful the world would be if the standards for cars never changed from open carriages, highways never developed beyond cobblestone/dirt trails and the national speed limit was always just 30mph and it was never thought to increase it. Car engines, suspension and tyres were never refined and were always finnicky rather than streamlined in their use and required constant repair due to metallurgy never advancing. Why the perpetual drive for perfection? What if we never had the outlook to constantly iterate and just stayed in a cultural and technological stasis since 1900