Beyond Economics and Ecology: The Radical Thought of Ivan Illich

Ivan Illich''s theories on the effectiveness of cars, air travel and energy showed that industrial progress hampers speed and efficiency.

Illich’s theories on the effectiveness of cars, air travel, and energy showed that industrial progress actually hampers the speed and effectiveness we have as people who were born capable of walking to our desired destinations. Roads, airports, stations, traffic jams, all take away the benefits of using complicated engineered methods of travel, and make our actual travel times longer.