Everything old is new again, basically.

Also, here in Canada Kobos are extremely well integrated with library systems. It's a minor advantage generally, but during covid when libraries were physically closed it was a lifesaver. I'm sure I'd feel differently if I read less, but I read between 60 and 100 books most years so this is a big deal for me.

I did finally cave recently and bought a cargo bike (not electric). I've used it during snowfalls. It's fine, just like walking in snow and/or in negative 30 degree weather is fine.

This is an extremely rational position.

I check in every few weeks and I don't understand how anyone can use that subreddit more frequently.

They're integral to the fabric of society in my view.

It's actually really wild to think I spent a couple of years working in Boston more than a decade ago, and I used my zipcar subscription way more often than I've ever had to use a communauto in fake london (a city no one would mistake for having good urban planning).

[0] https://thereader.mitpress.mit.edu/when-cities-treated-cars-... [1] https://usa.streetsblog.org/2020/03/19/study-most-car-owners...

I have a whole half-written blog post about how LLMs are the cars of the mind. Massive externalities, has to be forced on people, leads to cognitive/health issues instead of improving cognition and health.