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> That's why Concorde was often carrying more passengers on the way west than on the way back: people would choose to get a first class overnight flight... So

by usrusr 7y ago

> That's why Concorde was often carrying more passengers on the way west than on the way back: people would choose to get a first class overnight flight... So in a fully realized 1960ies space age utopia you'd have a fleet of supersonics circling the planet hub to hub slightly ahead of the dawn line and a fleet of saloon cruisers going the opposite direction. Instead we got mobile internet.

mshook 7y ago
That's another thing you're right about: decades a go, working remotely wasn't really a thing... So all the business value of being able to get somewhere quickly makes a lot less sense now as you can video chat with people anytime, anywhere pretty much.