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Calvin (from Calvin & Hobbes) sitting at a lemonade stand, smiling, with a sign that reads, "Trains and micromobility are inevitably the future of urban transportation, whether society wants it or not. CHANGE MY MIND."
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not before we figure out if teleporters kill people
As a thought experiment, do you know if going to sleep kills you?
You wake up in the morning with all the memories of life before sleeping, but do you really know if that was you living that life? What if your consciousness dies each night when you fall asleep, and a new consciousness is formed in the morning who thinks it's you?
It's not even overnight. Neurologically speaking, consciousness 'drops out' briefly roughly every 90 seconds (IIRC), as the brain attends to other tasks. It's spooky to see people who have impaired working memory; it's like they completely 'reset' after a short period. Here's an example. It's a new consciousness formed from your memories that thinks it's you, every minute and a half.
Thinking of which, I'd image it'd be used for military use way before commercial. Militarized teleporters sound pretty terrifying. Move someone's torso over one foot, or put micro bombs inside people or vehicles.
Oops, we forgot to de-materialize the original person we were transporting. Guess we've got an infinite supply of manpower now.
At least I'll have some company taking shuttles everywhere because same lol