The Dumb Design of Modern Cars

Start learning on Brilliant for free today: https://brilliant.org/fern. Our viewers get 20% off an annual premium subscription. It’s a great way to support our channel while building new skills (ad). Thanks to Quinn Duffy, Luke Farnon, Dale Harrow and Frank Stephenson for your valuable insights! Check this out: Carlton Reid, “Rejoice! Carmakers Are Bringing Back Physical Buttons,” in Wired, May 5, 2025. https://www.wired.com/story/why-car-brands-are-finally-switching-back-to-buttons/ Modern cars are getting smarter – and somehow dumber. They are packed with features that make driving worse and sometimes downright dangerous. Sources: https://docs.google.com/document/d/12ZB2mUWSBHT-R1OdoMFmAMHyPcqDtzeMgrjJxds2CWk/edit?usp=sharing Music list: Epidemic Sound: Dylan Sitts - Daytona Dystopia Mike Franklyn - When Pigs Fly Awlee - And Behold Janset - Drip (Instrumental Version) Bonkers Beat Club - Crunched Christoffer Moe Ditlevsen - Tracker Lennon Hutton - Red Alert Lennon Hutton - The Slasher Hampus Naeselius - Metal under Tension Hysics - Suicidal Drivestyle Lennon Hutton - Neon Noir Jharee - Dark Skies Artlist: Aviad Zinemanas‬‏ - Warp Rex Banner - Human - Instrumental version 2050 - Disco Danny Shields - Smoke & Sizzle Anthony Vega - Hilarious One Anthony Lazaro - Boom - Instrumental version Jimit - Pelicans - Slowed and Reverbed Will Van De Crommert - City Hustle TenGrams - VCO Mistery Jameson Nathan Jones - One Ian Post - New World Out of Flux - THE LIGHTHOUSE Audiio: Atlas-Reach - Forgotten-Tales March-of-the-Undead Instrumental BradHill - ShortCinematicSongs Aftermath Inst Lens Distortions: Taskforce With Open Eyes Chromatic by Tom Fox: Going West That Does It 1812 Overture (by Tchaikosvky) by Tchaikovsky _____ Armchair documentaries, almost weekly