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by cma256 3 days 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.

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And 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.

Such is the state of the educated class in the year 2026.
Such has been the state of Harvard Business types for a long time
Much 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.