Your surface area doesn't decrease from you having a higher speed. In fact, because humans are quite vertical objects, moving them fast along the horizontal axis means they actually have a somewhat higher chance of crossing paths with something dropping vertically.
This is the same for rain, by the way. But since moving at a higher speed typically means you get to your destination sooner and spend less time outside of a house, it's still generally a good idea to go fast.
Good question. My best guess is that the buttons have become less important, because:
But yeah, I got a new monitor at work, and instead of buttons, it has a joystick on the backside. Now the monitor's menu pops up every so often, I'm guessing because something shook the joystick just enough to trigger it.When I saw that joystick for the first time, I wondered how long it'll take before it breaks, but it's broken on day 1, so that's great. 🫠