If the speed of cars had increased at the same pace as microprocessors since 1971, it would take about one second to drive from SF to NYC.
Marchetti's constant: the (~ constant!) time ppl are willing to spend on transport, regardless of system https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marchetti%27s_constant … @vanpdf
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@michael_nielsen@vanpdf time people spend on commuting is heavily skewed, not sure how relevant averages are for policy thinking -
@LaurentFranckx Certainly. It would be interesting to know if the same was true of other statistics, too. - 1 more reply
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