Hyperloop

Hyperloop

A project to make intracity travel more enjoyable, efficient, and healthy

How were telegraph lines financed and constructed—meaning how were the line locations and destinations decided? Same questions for electrical lines

There might be some good learnings in these histories

People want to feel special in a world where they don’t.

Ron Shaich: Lessons from Building Panera

Build something worthy of those who believed in you.

Ron Shaich: Lessons from Building Panera

Profit is the result, not the goal.

Ron Shaich: Lessons from Building Panera

Be something special for somebody. Don’t try to be everything for everybody.

Ron Shaich: Lessons from Building Panera

You want to be so good that people walk past competitors to reach you.

Ron Shaich: Lessons from Building Panera

Find the most-sold competitor. Beat them.

from Shoe Dog and Phil Knight talking about beating Adidas

Autonomous Trailer & Container Unloading - Contoro

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This might be required for quick turnaround times (docking to undocking time)

The pursuit of more has displaced the question of what it is for. And when a civilization forgets to ask that question, it continues to advance in technique while it declines in wisdom.

Anthony Deden • The Illusion of Progress

more and what it is for are italicized

Same applies to our individual lives as companies as civilization