{"id":22117,"date":"2017-12-10T18:53:42","date_gmt":"2017-12-10T18:53:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/When-the-usually-utopian-Singularity-Hub-sounds-a-note-of-caution-its-smart-to-pay-attention"},"modified":"2017-12-10T18:53:42","modified_gmt":"2017-12-10T18:53:42","slug":"when-the-usually-utopian-singularity-hub-sounds-a-note-of-caution-its-smart-to-pay-attention","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/csidemedia.com\/mikerm\/2017\/12\/10\/when-the-usually-utopian-singularity-hub-sounds-a-note-of-caution-its-smart-to-pay-attention\/","title":{"rendered":"When the usually-utopian Singularity Hub sounds a note of caution, it&#8217;s smart to pay attention."},"content":{"rendered":"        \n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img src=\"https:\/\/lh3.googleusercontent.com\/-wMwzWTt04Qk\/Wi1nuCV7ryI\/AAAAAAAAEmc\/cfsxYoDgN6IDvWyAUUr_alNOm3O-tH6jACJoC\/s0\/2777fb8c-7da9-4dd7-b8d0-4a10b494aa00.jpeg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>When the usually-utopian Singularity Hub sounds a note of caution, it&#8217;s smart to pay attention. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As this article points out, it&#8217;s all too easy to be caught up in the technical possibilities of a technology and ignore history and on-the-ground realities that may make it less useful, or not useful at all &#8211; at least, for the purpose claimed. I can see a possible place for bulk freight hyperloops replacing some trucking with more efficient transport &#8211; but, again, political distortions already favour trucking over more efficient rail. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Originally shared by Singularity Hub<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>History Suggests the Hyperloop Is an Uncertain Promise for Future Cities <a href=\"http:\/\/suhub.co\/2AHwkl8\">http:\/\/suhub.co\/2AHwkl8<\/a><\/p>\n\n      ","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>        When the usually-utopian Singularity Hub sounds a note of caution, it&#8217;s smart to pay attention.<br \/>\n       <a href=\"http:\/\/csidemedia.com\/mikerm\/2017\/12\/10\/when-the-usually-utopian-singularity-hub-sounds-a-note-of-caution-its-smart-to-pay-attention\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":77,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"content-type":"","_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0},"categories":[93],"tags":[94],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/csidemedia.com\/mikerm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22117"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/csidemedia.com\/mikerm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/csidemedia.com\/mikerm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/csidemedia.com\/mikerm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/77"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/csidemedia.com\/mikerm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=22117"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/csidemedia.com\/mikerm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22117\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/csidemedia.com\/mikerm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22117"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/csidemedia.com\/mikerm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=22117"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/csidemedia.com\/mikerm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=22117"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}