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Predicting the future in tech is a fools errand.

• a3voices 13y ago
  Ground and air transportation speeds haven't increased since the 60s.
  • joezydeco 13y ago
    "You're too cheap to fly faster" https://medium.com/lift-and-drag/7885a299bca2 https://medium.com/lift-and-drag/7885a299bca2
  • darkchasma 13y ago
    Top ground speed transportation has roughly doubled since the 60's. If Elon Musks hyperloop gets built, then you could see that become 3-4 times faster. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Land_speed_record_for_rail_vehicles http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Land_speed_record_for_rail_vehi... And there is of course the scramjet http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scramjet http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scramjet which set records in 2003 which is 10,000kph faster than the record set in 61.
    • CrankyPants 13y ago
      Right, so: like he said. Blue-sky concepts which even the inventor himself doesn't want a piece of aside, I don't think the scramjet qualifies as air transportation, unless transporting an unmanned aircraft counts.
  • mikeash 13y ago
    I can't tell, are you agreeing or disagreeing? There were lots of predictions from the 60s that transportation speeds would continue to increase, so this would be a good example of how hard it is to predict technological advances.