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Gretchen, stop trying to make Vactrains happen! It's not going to happen!
- Links for the Curious -
Hong, S.-H. Technofutures in Stasis: Smart Machines, Ubiquitous Computing, and the Future That Keeps Coming Back. (2021).
Kehlenbach, E. S. The Subatomic Person: A New Ontology of Big Data. Theory & Event 25, 851–872 (2022).
1. O’Neill, E. by T. & Hornik, E. by M. High speed transport system. (1995).
2. Derrida, J., Kamuf, P. & Derrida, J. Specters of Marx: the state of the debt, the work of mourning and the new international. (Routledge, 2011).
3. Geels, F. W. & Smit, W. A. Failed technology futures: pitfalls and lessons from a historical survey. Futures 32, 867–885 (2000).
4. Graeber, D. Flying Cars and the Declining Rate of Profit.
5. Hawkins, A. J. The hyperloop is dead for real this time. The Verge theverge.com/2023/12/21/24011448/hyperloop-one-shut-down-layoff-closing-elon-musk (2023).
6. Hong, S. PREDICTIONS WITHOUT FUTURES*. History and Theory 61, 371–390 (2022).
7. Isaacson, W. Elon Musk. (Simon & Schuster, 2023).
8. Salter, R. M. Trans-Planetary Subway Systems: A Burgeoning Capability. rand.org/pubs/papers/P6092.html (1978).
9. Tiffany, K. Why Go With an Evil-Looking Orb? The Atlantic theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2023/09/open-ai-worldcoin-crypto-project-iris-scanning-orb/675256 (2023).
10. Daryl Oster – Speedy Travel in a Vacuum Tube | ideacity. ideacity.ca/video/daryl-oster-speedy-travel-vacuum-tube/.
11. Tube Travel. TV Tropes tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/TubeTravel.
12. The SciFi Story Robert H. Goddard Published 100 Years Ago. Gizmodo gizmodo.com/the-scifi-story-robert-h-goddard-published-100-years-a-1494959842 (2014).
13. Wayback Machine. web.archive.org/web/20140630081422/https://black-cat-studios.com/goddardstory.pdf (2014).
14. Vactrain. Wikipedia (2024).
Gretchen, stop trying to make Vactrains happen! It's not going to happen!
- Links for the Curious -
Hong, S.-H. Technofutures in Stasis: Smart Machines, Ubiquitous Computing, and the Future That Keeps Coming Back. (2021).
Kehlenbach, E. S. The Subatomic Person: A New Ontology of Big Data. Theory & Event 25, 851–872 (2022).
1. O’Neill, E. by T. & Hornik, E. by M. High speed transport system. (1995).
2. Derrida, J., Kamuf, P. & Derrida, J. Specters of Marx: the state of the debt, the work of mourning and the new international. (Routledge, 2011).
3. Geels, F. W. & Smit, W. A. Failed technology futures: pitfalls and lessons from a historical survey. Futures 32, 867–885 (2000).
4. Graeber, D. Flying Cars and the Declining Rate of Profit.
5. Hawkins, A. J. The hyperloop is dead for real this time. The Verge theverge.com/2023/12/21/24011448/hyperloop-one-shut-down-layoff-closing-elon-musk (2023).
6. Hong, S. PREDICTIONS WITHOUT FUTURES*. History and Theory 61, 371–390 (2022).
7. Isaacson, W. Elon Musk. (Simon & Schuster, 2023).
8. Salter, R. M. Trans-Planetary Subway Systems: A Burgeoning Capability. rand.org/pubs/papers/P6092.html (1978).
9. Tiffany, K. Why Go With an Evil-Looking Orb? The Atlantic theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2023/09/open-ai-worldcoin-crypto-project-iris-scanning-orb/675256 (2023).
10. Daryl Oster – Speedy Travel in a Vacuum Tube | ideacity. ideacity.ca/video/daryl-oster-speedy-travel-vacuum-tube/.
11. Tube Travel. TV Tropes tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/TubeTravel.
12. The SciFi Story Robert H. Goddard Published 100 Years Ago. Gizmodo gizmodo.com/the-scifi-story-robert-h-goddard-published-100-years-a-1494959842 (2014).
13. Wayback Machine. web.archive.org/web/20140630081422/https://black-cat-studios.com/goddardstory.pdf (2014).
14. Vactrain. Wikipedia (2024).
