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   From: droleary@8usenet2013.subsume.com   
      
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    scott@slp53.sl.home (Scott Lurndal) wrote:   
      
   > Doc O'Leary  writes:   
   >   
   > >   
   > >Again, such a future is a fool's dream.  Like I said, if I work on the   
   > >20th floor, it makes no sense for me to have a flying car that forces me   
   > >land it and park some distance away, walk to my building, and then get   
   > >in an elevator to get me back up into the sky.  That's stupid thinking   
   > >that fails to actually do the world building exercises that create a   
   > >believable future.   
   >   
   > Now Doc, everyone knows that you land on a small platform extended   
   > from the 20th floor and your flying car automatically folds up into a   
   > briefcase which you carry into your office with you.   
      
   Keep in mind, though, that that *does* have a sliver of truth to it.   
   OK, so we won't be able to fold the vehicle down quite that much, but I   
   can easily see that building designs in a world with ubiquitous flight   
   would be different from building designs we have today.  I expect most   
   of them would start the shift by designing more of them with elevators   
   on the outside of the building, which get gradually replaced by docking   
   stations where you can offload directly from your flying vehicle.  Maybe   
   parking platforms on every level, sure.  It all depends on what   
   technology is making things fly.   
      
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