From “The Human Condition: A
User’s Manual,” by Arnold Kunst
4 December
The Model T, introduced to
the world in 1908, was revolutionary for its day. Until then, cars were
hand-crafted and very expensive; the Model T was the first car produced on an
assembly line, and Ford marketed it not to the rich but rather to the
middle-class. Here’s how he introduced it: "I will build a car for the
great multitude. It will be large enough for the family, but small enough for
the individual to run and care for. It will be constructed of the best
materials, by the best men to be hired, and to the simplest design that modern
engineering can devise. But it will be so low in price that no man making a
good salary will be unable to own one and enjoy with his family the blessing of
hours of pleasure in God's great open spaces."
That’s called a vision.
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