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And what since then?
by freejazz 10d ago
And what since then?
- pixl97 10d agoThis has the smell of "Why don't I have a faster horse". Why no flying cars. Because objects have mass and inertia and people are incredibly stupid. Making a flying car has been done. Making a flying car not be a weapon of mass destruction is very, very hard. Also: https://www.txdot.gov/about/newsroom/statewide/air-taxi-testing-taking-flight-in-texas.html https://www.txdot.gov/about/newsroom/statewide/air-taxi-test...
- freejazz 10d agoYou're making my point for me, surprised you don't realize that...
- pixl97 10d agoBecause you don't fully understand your own point... You look at science fiction and say "why didn't I get flying cars" and not "why didn't most science fiction predict a global always on network that put the furthest places away from you a few microseconds away from audio, video, or any other type of information that can be digitally encoded. Trying to use flying cars as a gotcha is missing that flying cars aren't near as useful as one would think in relation to their costs. Moving information has become far more useful than moving objects long distances quickly, especially humans.
- freejazz 10d ago> You look at science fiction and say "why didn't I get flying cars" I definitely don't, and you're definitely not getting my point, but I'm amused that you've instead double down on somehow getting it more than me...