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> The rise of autonomous vehicles and technologies like hyperloop may make a major difference to the way we travel around cities. Harvard University Professor
by cma256 3mo ago
> The rise of autonomous vehicles and technologies like hyperloop may make a major difference to the way we travel around cities.
Harvard University Professor of Economics everyone. When discussing new modes of transport the _hyperloop_ is the exemplar. A technology that does not work, can not work, and will never work.
And, of course, no mention of e-bikes which are cheap, proven, and have seen large adoption in my neighborhood at the least. But of course that might have undermined his point.
- mrhottakes 3mo agoMuch like walking or living in a mixed use neighborhood, bikes don't make any money for Elon and friends, so they are useless and in fact bad.
- dpark 3mo agoAnd as if hyperloop was even proposed as a solution for transit within a city. This whole article is just weird and rambling, like someone trying to use buzzwords without understanding what they are.
- runarberg 3mo agoSuch is the state of the educated class in the year 2026.
- queenkjuul 3mo agoSuch has been the state of Harvard Business types for a long time