c88446 No.47
Seriously… why the hell are we wasting vast ammounts of fuel and poluting the air sending human bodies around the world when signals are cheaper and easier to send…
Why not just use artifical bodies?!
Telepresense robots are comming into use and high speed internet makes them at least reasonably fast so you actually can have a fairly meaning full discusion with out all that muching about wasting fuel and dealing with jet lag…
2ee80c No.50
Jet transportation is incredibly efficient though and consumes kerosene rather than gasoline.
That said, I have no idea what business trips are for, they seem like a free travel perk given to executives.
We're entering a world where governments are spying on all of us and big brother is real, though, so physical meetings actually have a purpose now in that they are much harder to spy on.
c88446 No.52
yes well big brother seldom seams concenred with business since the biggest brother is america and america is kinda owned by the corporations anyway…
I kinda doubt they bother them its a good way of getting their funding cut…
ec163a No.163
If Lockheed's fusion power actually works, planetary transportation of any kind will no longer even be a concern.
0d2822 No.229
>>47By that logic humans could just stay plugged into machines all their lives (as in the Matrix) and only use artificial bodies.
6bca6d No.256
>>229why not? in a sense we already are. we always have our phones or computers. oh gee why is the sky blue? let me look that up for you. oh yeah its my moms birthday, good thing i set a reminder on my phone. what was my password again? right here in notepad.
cb886e No.257
>>47Actually aircraft are becoming more and more efficient. As
>>50 said we are entering a new phase of innovation for aircraft. That and there is the advantage that face to face can be secure as long as you're not bugged.
46ba3c No.278
>>229Rather than the Matrix, that's more the plot of the comic book series/movie called Surrogates.