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SF author, he/him. Next novella: ESCAPE FROM PUROLAND (July '21): Next novel: INVISIBLE SUN (Sept '21). Resident of Edinburgh, Scotland.

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    Charlie Stross‏Verified account @cstross 22 Feb 2020

    Charlie Stross Retweeted Katie Mack

    Teleportation would solve SO MANY problems. The need for cars, roads, pedestrian crossings, 2M deaths/year from road traffic accidents, airline check-in queues, rush-hour commuting, house price inflation, half our energy consumption, real estate issues …https://twitter.com/AstroKatie/status/1230986278759469056 …

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    Katie MackVerified account @AstroKatie
    The fact that teleportation of humans is impossible (probably forever but specifically now) makes me personally angry
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      2. Preda‏ @Dr_Dext 22 Feb 2020
        Replying to @cstross

        I've seen precisely zero IPs (movies, books, games) that fully explore this. At most it's used as a gimmick and never given widespread implementation.

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      3. Charlie Stross‏Verified account @cstross 22 Feb 2020
        Replying to @Dr_Dext

        Books: Larry Niven had a stab at it back in the 70s. I tackled it (lightly) in the background in "Glasshouse". IIRC the game "Portal" used it as a gimmick. But it's been out of fashion for a couple of decades.

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      2. Colm Buckley‏ @dotcolm 22 Feb 2020
        Replying to @cstross

        I always felt that Star Trek severely underestimated the impact that availability of teleportation would have had on civilisation. The world depicted isn't nearly as radically transformed at it should be.

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      3. Mark Sherman‏ @profmks 22 Feb 2020
        Replying to @dotcolm @cstross

        Picard seems to have gone there. It also is one of the first times we really see outside of Starfleet

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      2. Steinar Bang‏ @steinarba 22 Feb 2020
        Replying to @cstross

        Of course there is the little problem of occasionally ending up with a fly's head...?

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      3. "A tidal wave of filth"‏ @UKHomeopathyReg 22 Feb 2020
        Replying to @steinarba @cstross

        Being split into evil and good versions of yourself is a known issue.

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      1. Abhishek Singh‏ @olnams 22 Feb 2020
        Replying to @cstross

        Your wonderful concepts in Accelerando about brain uploads and state vectors is probably a decent approximation.

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      2. Nate Dog‏ @nobliver 22 Feb 2020
        Replying to @cstross

        Teleportation messes with my intuitions about continuity of identity and consciousness too much for me to use one if they existed. I'll take the shuttle down to the surface captain.

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      3. AI except neither Artificial nor Intelligent‏ @brouhaha 22 Feb 2020
        Replying to @nobliver @cstross

        Also don't ever sleep.

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      1. Roby Duncan‏ @semperrasa 22 Feb 2020
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        It is always unfortunate when our imaginary demands can't be met.

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