The Geography Of Nowhere By James Howard Kunstler

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Using an object on a daily basis makes it hard for people to realize how essential this object is. This is the case of one of the greatest inventions in history, cars. Humans depend on these machines so much that they have become means to our ends; however, what exactly are the ends we are trying to achieve? What is it that has people depending on these brilliant invention?
According to James Howard Kunstler, the author of the book The Geography of Nowhere, our dependence on cars is based on the fact that this medium of transportation can free ourselves from certain places. For example, the congestion of manufacturing cities, the noise, and the stress of industrial processes converted cities in the place where nobody wants to be in. This started