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		varjag on March 7, 2011 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: How rich kids already won the career game In 1900, noone could predict jumbo jets of 1960s. In 1960s, noone could predict we would still be flying same jumbo jets of 1960s in 2010. I mean, it's 60 years. Imagine yourself transported to 2070 only to find people still using Twitter from their Android phones.

bmcleod on March 7, 2011 [–]

People would probably be shocked by how cheap airfares are now though. Aviation technology has favoured seat cost over speed and that does show.

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