> Consider a very brief history of airspeed in commercial air travel. Passenger aircraft today fly at around 900 kilometers per hour—and have continued to traverse the skies at the same airspeed range for the past five decades
This is a terrible example.
If supersonic mass travel could be provided safely and cheaply, demand would be bonkers.
If I could get to Tokyo in an hour for $50, I would visit every weekend.
Overall, the article is sound.
But what a terrible example of demand not filling supply.
If I had a terabit per second, indeed I probably wouldn't use it.
This is a terrible example.
If supersonic mass travel could be provided safely and cheaply, demand would be bonkers.
If I could get to Tokyo in an hour for $50, I would visit every weekend.
Overall, the article is sound.
But what a terrible example of demand not filling supply.
If I had a terabit per second, indeed I probably wouldn't use it.
But you can not make travel fast enough.