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by chosenbreed 2877 days ago
Mmm...interesting idea...a bit Utopian...I'm not sure the world works that way...good luck to anyone investing their time, effort or other resources to get this going.
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Much of what we take for granted in the modern world looked utopian before it was available.
Not sure in which way e.g. the telephone or lightbulb looked utopian at the time. Most inventions had similar predecessors.

Perhaps you're thinking of social inventions like the social security nets in western Europe - I'm not as good in their history.

Its great in theory practice not so much. Delivery is complicated on a logistical level, especially for larger items that bikers cannot move (e.g. things not like uberEats). You have to deal with dimensional weights, freight classes, fuel rates, concealed damaged, among other things