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While your parents have been flying in the same planes, they payed twice as much (inflation adjusted) and a lot less often. I too wish I was vacationing in Lun
by johncearls 5y ago
While your parents have been flying in the same planes, they payed twice as much (inflation adjusted) and a lot less often.
I too wish I was vacationing in Luna City tovarich, but things have gotten better by quite a bit.
https://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2013/02/how-airline-ticket-prices-fell-50-in-30-years-and-why-nobody-noticed/273506/ https://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2013/02/how-air...
- ClumsyPilot 5y agoI think appropriate comparison would be, what would equivalent travel cost, in money an time, to the parents of your parents. The argument is not that nothing is getting better, but that the rate of improvement has slowed. So the frequently touted 'exponential progress' is a myth.