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Larry Niven called them slidewalks and I've always been sorry this terminology never caught on.

The things I took away from reading Niven was transfer booths. The world has homogenized because information and people were transmitted instantly one from corner of the globe to another.

Ooohhh boy.

I loved the conservation of momentum "hack" for those teleportation booths. Go on, everyone who hasn't read it, see if you can guess how he dealt with that.

I love the ring world series until all the furry porn. He really should've stopped before coming up with rishing.

If you want to see this idea taken to the next level, you should read Dan Simmons' Hyperion Cantos. ;)

I have a tattoo of the tree ship yggdrasill.

The consul's tale should be required reading for anyone working in the tech field.

I consider the whole Cantos as a great book on ethics and empathy.

Funnily, every syncthing node on my network has a Farcaster folder.

Maybe I should read it again sometime.

In the UK, Singapore and maybe other countries with British influence, they use the word travelator, which I find quite cool as well.

Just like an escalator, but without the escalation!

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