The story of why we don’t build powerful tooling for humans is told by common escalators. Used correctly, they convey superhuman ability to climb stairs at double speed. In reality, people stand on them. Getting between floors is half as fast, but we can be five times as lazy.
I don't even think the throughput bit is true. IIRC London U stations started to advise people on certain congested escalators to *stand* because the increased occupation (no space for knees moving etc) increases throughput. Latency obviously does increase.
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The reason people were told to stand in London is because the alternative slowness caused by people queuing up on only one side to leave the other open for walkers. If everyone was walking, it would be faster. (cc
@craigkerstiens) http://www.businessinsider.com/more-efficient-better-stand-escalators-busy-tfl-holborn-tube-station-study-walk-2017-3 …Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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