Brent ToderianDec 29, 2022

REMEMBER: “Elon Musk admitted to his biographer that the reason the Hyperloop was announced—even tho he had no intention of pursuing it—was to try to disrupt the California high-speed rail project to get in the way of that actually succeeding.” — @parismarx in #Gizmodo

https://gizmodo.com/silicon-valleys-transportation-failures-tesla-waymo-bir-1849382788

#Hyperloop #ElonMusk #California #Rail #cars #cities #urbanism #transit #transportation

Silicon Valley's Push Into Transportation Has Been a Miserable Failure

The titans of tech brought plenty of disruption to our broken transportation system but delivered little in the way of innovation.

Gizmodo
Show threadPete WrightDec 30, 2022
@BrentToderian @parismarx heh my 11yo and i scream "LAMO" whenever we see one of these Waymo self driving cars training itself on our city streets. it's the small victories.
Show threadJack MottJan 2, 2023
@pete_wright @BrentToderian @parismarx why?
Show threadJack Mott
@pete_wright @BrentToderian @parismarx like why are you training your 11 year old to unthinkingly laugh at a hard intellectual pursuit? that seems weird and unhinged even if you wish cars weren’t a thing which I generally agree with.
Jan 2, 2023 at 12:41amWeb
Show threadPete WrightJan 2, 2023
@parismarx @jackmott @BrentToderian 😂😂😂
Show threadJack MottJan 2, 2023
@pete_wright @BrentToderian @parismarx allright I guess you are just a troll. hope the kid doesn’t catch it from ya :(
Show threadPete WrightJan 2, 2023
@parismarx @BrentToderian @jackmott wow lay it on thick.
I was going to say that I have no qualms with people mocking libertarian tech bros who want to privatize everything they can, at the cost of livable cities and public transit, while using the same public resources they seek to privatize. And mistaking their greed for some sort of intellectual endeavor is laughable at best.

But laughing at a stranger being ignorant is easier.

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