00100		It is often said that the advance of technology is at the
00200	expense of people's individuality.  It is certainly true that
00300	some of the opportunities provided by technology for making
00400	things with less labor have involved the division of labor
00500	and replacing the labor of craftsmen with the unskilled labor
00600	of machine operators doing small operations.  Thus technology
00700	provides societies and individuals with the opportunities
00800	to make certain tradeoffs and societies and individuals have
00900	often chosen cheapness over craftsmanship.  In my opinion most
01000	of these decisions have been correct from the point of view
01100	of most of those directly affected.  This is shown by the
01200	migration of people into areas where the changes have taken
01300	place from areas with the more primitive economies.
01400	
01500		However, society is much richer now than it was
01600	when the industrial revolution started, and it is time
01700	to look at opportunities that may be provided by technology
01800	for increasing the power and opportunities of individuals.
02000	In this, we shall include individuality in work, in self-expression,
02100	in culture, and all other areas of life.
02200	
02300		In the first place, many such opportunities have already
02400	been taken.
02500		The most important of these opportunities was provided
02600	by the automobile.  In my opinion, this is the correct way to
02700	interpret the abandonment of public transportation by all who
02800	could afford cars in spite of the greater physical efficiency
02900	of public transportation.