Sometime before I was born, the world switched from the horse to the automobile as the preferred mode of transportation. En masse, people made a conscious decision to make the switch as automobiles simply proved to be a better means to get around. To be sure, there was a time when cars (as they came to be known) performed poorly; I can only imagine horse loyalists scoffing at the broken-down cars on the side of the road thinking they made a more sensible choice. But over time, car technology [Read more]