> But the biggest change is the loss of serendipity. When you teleport, you decide in advance where you’re headed. You never run into an old friend on the stree

> But the biggest change is the loss of serendipity. When you teleport, you decide in advance where you’re headed. You never run into an old friend on the street, or stop at a farmstand by the side of the road, or see a store you might want to stop into someday. This is the same core argument of the RTO advocates. Serendipity which has social and business benefits, and is in intangible with positive effects that's hard to quantify. But it is undoubtedly a thing, which I think is very hard to argue against. Coming back to the article, yes, lack of serendipity will not just mute wonder, but also opportunities because, like evolution by natural selection depends on variation, so too do successful human civilizations.