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by maxharris 2051 days ago
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.

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The article's author agrees with you that there may be a bright future for Hyperloop replacing air travel.

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.

you mean profoundly bright future for fusion energy... i mean if we had that, we can probably have things 10x nicer than hyperloops
i'm not saying fusion isn't gonna work, I'm saying that i believe fusion to be a much more difficult and fundamental innovation that if realized, will impact our society much more than hyperloop.
How does the hyperloop solve any of these problems in a better way than an already proven technology, trains.
The hyperloop can go at the speed of a plane, using very little energy. High-speed is high-throughput. Trains aren't even in the same ballpark.