| I disagree. I think there is a profoundly bright future to be had with hyperloops, powered by a mix of solar and fusion energy. That being said, I do believe that there are a lot of challenges to resolve along the way. * how do we halt the release of methane from the arctic and prevent the death of the North Atlantic Current (NAC)? * how do we make online education even better and as close to free of cost as possible? * how do we restore trust in government and media? * how do we free people from crushing debt, whether it be from student loans or medicine? * how do we change the physical layout of communities so they are no longer structured around the automobile, but instead are built for remote work and raising children at home? * how do we rapidly grow the housing stock, so that everyone has a place to live? Solving these problems (and the many I have neglected to mention) is a difficult challenge, to be sure. I am certain of one thing though: clean technology and honestly earned wealth are our friends here, not our enemies. A lot of great jobs will be made constructing the infrastructure required to make all this stuff happen. |
The author believes that the (technical AND political) challenges to resolve along the way are so substantial, that you're not going to see them solved until 2200.
The author then points out that all the firms working on building one seem to operate more like Theranos, or Bernie Madoff's investment firm, and less like Tesla or SpaceX.