The Eyre Highway’s tarmac anniversary obscures the vanishing grit of work.
FO Take · Score 75
Fifty years on, smooth roads symbolise a broader decline: the erosion of challenging work. Once, the Nullarbor demanded resilience, ingenuity, and a certain stoicism. Now, we fetishise "ease" and "convenience," creating a workforce ill-prepared for genuine hardship. What exactly have we paved over besides red dust?
The strongest counter
Progress isn't about clinging to discomfort. Efficiency gains from infrastructure free human potential for higher-value, less arduous tasks, stimulating economic growth. Romanticising broken axles is absurd.
