Thoughts re Hyper Loops?

[MountainMan]

You only have to wait longer because of things like security checks. Thats an artificial speed bump.

As for finding things on Google, surely you are not attempting to equate an internet search with actual physical travel.

Well, I used fast gadgets to get that information. I hope you're not implying that imply because I can physically travel fast, that this has an impact on my intellectual capacity.



I think its interesting that you place the blame on technology and not the individual's using it.

Why bother? because your "mental objective" doesn't change every second! Hey, they actually diagnosed me with ADD, and yet somehow I can focus long enough to do this hobby, AND scientific research and commute to work without endangering anyone AND do all the other things I need to do to survive these days.

But you know what the difference is? I actually 1.) care about the things I do, and 2.) I have a functioning brain. In my hands, this "speed" and these "gadgets" are tools. They allow me to accomplish more, and do more things with my time. They allow me to communicate with you nearly instantly, they allow me to reach my family in a short amount of time if there is an emergency. If I have to take a plane some place across the country, that "2 hour wait" is still less time than it would take a train or a car to make the same trip!

In the end, its not fair to blame the technology for the inconsiderate and thoughtless actions of others. Do you think that crazy person driving 80 while texting would be any safer without the phone? What makes you think they won't read the newspaper, do make-up, or god knows what else. I remember once I was on the Long Island Expressway, and there was a whole car of religious folks ( political correctness probably prevents me from saying who) reading from their books, including the driver, and they were driving like lunatics! Maybe they wanted to take the Expressway to god himself.


You can't blame technology for people's failings. They make their own ill-conceived choices and they pay the price for it.

Wow...aren't you a fun little lollipop triple-dipped hostility! 8-)

Travel time is travel time, regardless of speed bumps. If you have any medical training, I would be very happy to debate the problems with epidemics that stem from our ability to globetrot irresponsibly all over the world in mere hours. It's a death sentence waiting to occur. Meanwhile, jet travel is no longer fast; it's often slower than ground transportation because of its massive vulnerabilities. I used to visit my parents in California, an 1100 mile trip. Although the aircraft traveled at 350 mph or better, the trip to 14 agonizing hours crammed into a chair designed by a midget with scoliosis, without the courtesy of food or drink. No, thank you.

While I agree that one should not blame people for techonolgy's drawbacks, the purpose of technology is to help, not to harm. The truth is that each new technology harms us more than it helps us. The particular technology that I have in mind is that of television, specifically MTV which began the lessening of the attention span to accommodate faster editing needed to keep the attention of the young long enough enough to irradiate their tiny little minds. Tell me how many of the older classical films, such as Citizen Kane, you can actually watch from beginning to end without moving from your seat.

However, cellphones led to texting, instead of taking the time to carry on a real time conversation, and that shortened informational exchange to 140 characters, apparently the entire mental capacity of a young person during a single message. The obvious conclusion is that Man is not adaptable to faster and faster technology, evidenced by the constant striving to place driverless vehicles on our highways and remove the responsibility of controlling a fast vehicle from our hands entirely, while passenger aircraft are now 90% controlled by an autopilot. It appears we can't handle just sitting very well, either.

As for any "implications' that you are mentally diminished, those were your words, not mine.

I have no desire and no use for hyperloop or maglev or any other travel at ultra-high speeds. Long go I learned that the pleasure of traveling to a destination is worth far more than the destination itself.