No longer in stealth mode, here is what the Kitty Hawk flying car looks like: https://cora.aero/
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Replying to @kevin2kelly @benedictevans
Do you really think this is what we need? I respect you a lot but this is a solution for so few problems for so few people.
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Replying to @twjpdx23 @kevin2kelly
The end point for flying cars solve a huge number of problems for a huge number of people. This is just a baby step. Electric flight is a very big deal.
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Replying to @benedictevans @kevin2kelly
I mean I get the allure of this. But I’d rather we try to get our cities humming with autonomous buses and good planning practices that build homes for people in places where they can walk to the store.
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Why do we have to choose between those things?
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Sure we don’t have to, I’m just citing a few projects I think will solve bigger problems for a lot more people. But it is a concern that we don’t work on solving those “on the ground” issues because “flying cars will save us.”
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Replying to @twjpdx23 @zackkanter and
But I’d still like to know the problems this tech solves in my lifetime at scale for millions of people. Not being at all facetious.
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You could have said *exactly* the same about mobile phones
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Ok so you predict billions of people will be flying in small electric crafts on a daily basis in 30 years?
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It’s hard to tell which tech will propagate and which won’t. That’s why it’s important to fund tech that might seem like a luxury.
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