Reductio ad absurdum Walt? That's the first thing you thought of? Okey dokey. Now that you got that off your chest let's be serious. What would YOUR 2019 life be like had there never been shipping or trucking? Thank you for your reply m'dear.
Chances are ... if there had never been shipping/trucking ... the vast majority of people would never have been born. Humanity would still exist at a low agricultural level. Lower than any ancient civilization, as even they required transport of food (and other goods) over distances to support their cities. Lifespans would be incredibly short, due to lack of medicines and nutrition.
Wow Walt! The world population currently exceeds in excess of 7 BILLION. What d'ya think it would have been elsewise otherwise? So on the one hand the quality of life might be better in terms of people-to-people relating without electric electronic thingy gizmos to get in the way and take up their time. But life would be very short. I'd miss electricity and gas. After that I'd miss the internet. I'm a homer. Rarely go out except to the market with Jim or of course doctor/dental appointments. I'm not a gadabout. I spend lotsa time in the kitchen cooking and also on the computer chatting, researching, emailing, playing my favorite "board game" off line called Bespelled. That's my life. I have an old desk top computer. Nothing with bells and whistles that hiss and jingle and bubble and boil. I think those who are hooked up to or hooked in to all that gadgety whizbang thingamajiggy whatnots would have a harder time adjusting to doing without. But I wouldn't want to test it. Thank you for your thoughtful answer and Happy Friday! :)
This post was edited by RosieG at December 6, 2019 8:39 AM MST
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