I don’t think AR/VR will play a big role, I was talking about the acceptance and incorporation of digital systems in our every day lives.
I mean... AR/VR is a step forward in audio/visual IO systems. You technically don't NEED an HD monitor and a good camera to have a video call. But it definitely makes things easier, no? AR/VR right now sucks. Although it doesn't mean that it has to suck 100 years in the future.
Plus there’s already plenty of resources online that go into great detail about all the things that are totally impossible.
None of them talking about the physical impossibility of it. All issues of the hyperloop are economical ones. My premise removes these issues.
as you even start to contemplate this you run into huge issues.
Them being economical issues. NOT physical ones.
They still need fuel, they still produce nuclear waste
Sourcing fuel is incredibly easy if we have a mature nuclear fusion energy supply ecosystem. Most likely, nuclear fuel would be deuterium and tritium. Sourcing deuterium is very very easy. For tritium, you would just need breeding blankets at reactor walls. I don't see how this tech won't be mature a 100-150 years from now. As for nuclear waste, the fusion processes produce negligible waste. It's the breeding blankets that could be the source of waste. They too won't produce waste that would have to sit for more than a 100 years without being recycled/repurposed/disposed off.
the unwarranted fear people have towards nuclear fission
The politics around this is changing slowly. I don't think it would be that many decades before people start liking nuclear fission again.
The hyperloop is a dumb project today. Think about it this way: U live in Siberia in the 1600s. U just discovered oil (and also processes to refine it). You most likely would make heating oil from it to keep you warm. But then if I told you that you could also use 1000 times the amount you use in a month to go to America in just a few hours, you would probably call me a dumbass. Would you be right then? Yes. Would you be right now? No.