That's about half of what 1 terabyte of magnetic storage weighed in 1980, so I guess that in 1980 books still had better information density than magnetic media.

Michigan is more of an average sized state by land area, and it is fairly long from corner to corner, about 650 miles driving distance. Not as long as Montana at about 850, or some of the other states, but it is fairly long. They aren't going to turn the major highways to dirt though, so it's not really a big deal. Plus, I like dirt roads! I think paved roads may be easier to plow too, but I'm not sure. They seem to have more paved roads in northern Michigan where they get more snow.

Well, that is true, but if automation, AI and robotics becomes advanced enough we may able to have a machine do that, but maybe it's just a pipe dream.

That is why we need to get rid of work and make everything a hobby. Then people will be able to do or make what they want and not worry about whether or not it is going to make them enough money to live on. The person to figure out how to do that will probably change the world more than anyone since Jesus.