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yep. and if we have fewer resources, why not squander them by trying to cram all the electronics, batteries, motors and other shit into an upright biped frame. because wheels was a fad and centering the mass close to the ground just makes too much sense.
Unfortunately for the reset argument, I'm really attached to:
i'm an old man. I've seen, smelled! places where it all collapsed, and it always takes longer to rebuild than it does to just not destroy it all in the first place.
reset politics. leave the infrastructure please.
There is no reset. All the easy to reach fossil fuels being gone may be an insurmountable obstacle to any reset being able to reach an industrial age
Imagine being the kid who uncovers a working gameboy from the trash