Growing Dependency

This picture relates to my research topic of how advanced technology makes us more dependent on others and less self-sufficient than we used to be. In the olden days when people used simpler methods of travel, one was able to rely on himself to secure a horse and/or a wagon for himself; getting a horse and/or a wagon is not a particularly complex or specialized process. However, now when people use more advanced methods of travel (airplane, automobile, etc.), one cannot rely on himself to produce a car or a plane for himself. Since the processes of developing and manufacturing cars and planes are complex, multistep processes, one must rely on the geniuses and experts to produce them for him. The actual act of travel is easier and more convenient, but the process used to produce these new methods of travel is more complex, resulting in less self-sufficiency on behalf of the average person. The Transportation of Now and Then by Helen Le