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I just wish I could fast travel.
I wish I could summon my car wherever I am
As long as it's only on the road nearby. Summoning a car to the middle of the office could cause problems.
Just having the ability to summon a convenient parking spot would be pretty handy.
That would be good. Not having a commute and being able to pop over to France for a baguette at any time would be rather nice.
Although I have spent way too much time thinking about the social consequences if that sort of ability was real. At the moment so much of what we do is organised around geographic limitations - we have local shops, groups etc. The fragmentation of society into different interest groups that happens already with improved communication would be even more dramatic, and if it was accessible enough to have in individual homes the entire concept of neighbourhood would disappear. Although we could potentially reclaim all the roads for parks and nature corridors as we don't need them for transport any more which would be good.
I just want to be able to fast travel to work, my partner's and home tbh. I don't mind the travel to like the city or somewhere, but if it's a place I frequent pretty regularly, then I want to have the ability to fast travel.
I think this is what you need : stepping disk They or something similar crop up a lot in Larry Niven's stories.