XPost: rec.arts.sf.written, rec.arts.sf.science   
   From: robban@clubtelco.com   
      
   On 17/01/2014 2:41 am, Doc O'Leary wrote:   
   > In article ,   
   >   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.   
   >   
      
   I suppose we would all have to have locks and bars or maybe even   
   shutters on our windows to keep flying burglars out.   
      
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