Thursday, July 23, 2009

'Cheap, accessible, and democratic'

Matt Seaton writes in the Guardian:

When asked what their favourite invention of all time is, what do you suppose people say? Mobile phones get some votes; computers, too; iPods, inevitably. And there are always some people who love their car and couldn't imagine life without it. If it's a poll conducted by a radio programme, some will generously nominate the transistor for making their listening possible. But what comes out top? The bicycle, every time.

Read the full article in the Guardian.

I wonder whether Singaporeans actually like bicycles, despite what frequent online blog posts and letters to the Straits Times say?

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