Should We Be Concerned that No One Drives Stick Shifts Anymore? Is It Progress If Cars Are Only Automatics? Have Humans and their Machines Have Become "Out of Synch?" Would Henry Ford Care?

The Best Paragraph I've Read: I drive a stick shift. It’s a pain, sometimes. Clutching and shifting in bumper-to-bumper traffic wears you out. My wife can’t drive my car, which limits our transit options. And when I’m at the wheel, I can’t hold a cold, delicious slushie in one hand, at least not safely. But despite the inconvenience, I love a manual transmission. I love the feeling that I am operating my car, not just driving it. That’s why I’ve driven stick shifts for the past 20 years. This paragraph comes from The Atlantic in an essay titled: "The End of Manual Transmission."  The essay is written by Ian Bogost.  You can read the full essay here: https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2022/08/stick-shift-manual-transmission-cars/671078/ Zac and Don discuss their experiences with driving manual transmissions.  They wonder if it's a big deal that manual transmissions in cars are going away.  They evaluate the author's premise that the human machine relationship has become out of synch.   --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/bestparagraph/message