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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Boring_Company https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Boring_Company https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hyperloop https://en.wikipedia.
by wisty 1y ago
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Boring_Company https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Boring_Company
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hyperloop https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hyperloop
- jcattle 1y agoBoth of these companies contributed approximately nothing to the advancement of Mass Transit.
- sgerenser 1y agoArguably the Hyperloop was publicized specifically for the opposite: to stoke opposition to traditional high speed rail, while at the same time knowing it is completely impractical.
- aspenmayer 1y agohttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Opposition_(politics)#Controlled_opposition https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Opposition_(politics)#Controll...
- wisty 1y agoThis is just tiny foil hat thinking though. It seems far more likto me that Elon was just a trifle overconfident in himself.
- wisty 1y agoOK, so Elon has tried to invest a lot of money in mass transit, but wasn't able to get a breakthrough like he did with Tesla?