The hidden potential of bicycles. “Bicycles have been used for so long as children’s toys and exercise equipment that we forget what useful technology they represent. They multiply our bodies’ speed and efficiency many times over.” https://www.resilience.org/stories/2024-03-30/the-hidden-potential-of-bicycles/
The hidden potential of bicycles

In perhaps one of the great ironies of human civilisation, mechanical devices to truly magnify human power came along as soon as we didn’t need them.  

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