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If you could get anywhere in the world in seconds, Star Trek transporter style, then demand would level off.

Hell no. People raised on "jump cut" vlog culture will just start jump cutting in real life. (Before anyone takes offense, they should first read Larry Niven's seminal articles about how Sci-fi authors should extrapolate sociological issues, using teleportation as his prime example.)

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I'm interested in these articles you mention, but am having trouble finding out more. Do you remember what they were called, or any details about their publication?

I remember one particular sci-fi story (I don't remember right now if it was by him though). In it they have booth to booth teleporters that can take you virtually anywhere on the planet that's been hooked up.

One of the consequences of the technology is that immediately spectator value goes off the chart. As soon as people hear about something interesting happening anywhere then there is an an influx of a few million people playing spectator, which as you can imagine, has some consequences.

They were published in anthologies of his short stories and articles. EDIT: I believe it's in the anthology All the Myriad Ways.

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