Yes, exactly! Therefore, there's a problem looming.

I didn't think you actually took such a ridiculous theoretical seriously.

Tech in this case was not the direct cause, but rather an enabling factor. "White flight" as we know it was made possible by cheap transportation. When it is no longer cheap, things will return to normal, which might not be an alternative acceptable to many.

Ah, the "we're still as racist as ever" defense.

Technology isn't what enabled "white flight," wealth and legalized discrimination did. It's no wonder that the rise of suburbia happened while Jim Crow laws, which mandated discrimination, were still in effect. The white folks get money that the black folks can't get at, and they buy bigger houses and nicer cars in places where only they can get the jobs. Quite the racket that was set up, no?

The technology well predates the situation you speak of.

So, as opposed to thinking that "technology is segregating us as opposed to knocking down those walls," I think the opposite; it allows us to live near whom we want, exacerbating tensions between groups through the resulting segregation. The tech is not the force segregating; we are, and we can with help from tech.

As I said, I can't even begin to see that point of view. There's a reason the "on the internet, no one knows you're a dog" thing is so resonant, you know.

Try living without either. Get back to me with how that worked out.

You're making my point. Oil, like oxygen, is not an addiction. We cannot quit any time we want. It's a need.