…has accelerated existing societal and technological trends.
Yes, I’ve been noting that for a while.
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…has accelerated existing societal and technological trends.
Yes, I’ve been noting that for a while.
[Update a few minutes later]
Sorry, added the link.
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Did you forget to link an article?
Supposedly one of the main reasons Concorde flights stopped was because after 9/11 big corps switched to more teleconferencing rather than physical meetings, so there were far less people who could justify paying $10k to fly across the Atlantic for a day. We’re just seeing the same thing on a much larger scale.
I think you’ll find the main reason the Concord stopped flying was Air France Flight 4590. It wasn’t economically and, likely, practically possible to correct the problems.
Probably not one of Wikipedia’s better articles, especially on the mechanics of the crash itself.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Air_France_Flight_4590
From https://archive.is/Ifla6:
“When BA approached big corporate clients on Concorde’s return two months after 9/11, the market had collapsed. With a seat twice the price of subsonic club class, most former customers had simply written Concorde out of their travel plans. BA resumed its New York service at only one a day.”