Скачать или смотреть Tyler Cowen & Blake Scholl on Supersonic Flight, Airports & Fixing Infrastructure — 4 Minutes

“Let's convert some jet fuel into human progress.”

Tyler Cowen and Blake Scholl discuss radical airport and airplane redesign, supersonic flight, and fixing broken infrastructure. Blake argues the problem isn't engineering but business models and regulation, proposes underground passenger terminals with airside operations above, and imagines gates as escalators to delete tugs and reduce clutter. He calls out security theater, urges trusted traveler programs, and guarantees: if you're there 15 minutes before the flight leaves, you're going to make your flight — once checked baggage and seamless transfer are fixed.

Blake describes breaking the sound barrier for Overture, notes Concorde was a tech demo with terrible economics, and celebrates how regulatory and political barriers fell quickly. Manufacturing consolidation cut iteration time from months to a day. Culture, long-term decision-making, iterative certification, and using LLMs to speed regulatory documents make faster design possible. He closes with optimism: design better, price correctly, and iterate faster.

Topics:
supersonic flight and Overture
terminal and airport design
security theater and trusted traveler
checked baggage and seamless transfer
manufacturing, iteration, and certification
culture, long-term vs short-term decision-making
LLMs speeding regulatory work


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