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   • brunoc

   @brunoc @pluralistic Nuh uh, some don't reinvent the bus - they reinvent the _train_

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     • Cory Doctorow

     Reading @pluralistic say "There's a reason that every plan to "disrupt" transportation ends up reinventing the bus" reminds me of a story on Wired/Fast Company/TechCrunch (honestly don't remember) where the author begs Silicon Valley to "disrupt" the US—granted—ancient air traffic control system. Imagine moving fast and breaking things on a system that controls things that are already very fast and should not be broken? The savior complex is jarring.