I’ve been curious about how the hyperloop would work and found this video. Overall it makes a lot of sense and would make the world much smaller and more accessible. It’s unfortunate that bureaucracy will kill this before it ever gets started.

The video is from 2018, and while I suspect the pandemic put a lot of the momentum on hold, there are too many established industries at risk of disruption with technology like the hyperloop. Couple that with unimaginative policy and lawmakers, and you end up with pretty graphics and promises with no deliverable.

You can find Elon Musk’s whitepaper, Hyperloop Alpha, here.