Elon Musk: "I think of the future as branching probability streams"

Elon Musk, billionaire founder of PayPal, Tesla, and SpaceX, is in the news again and this time his innovative mind must have been working overtime. He introduced his concept of the Hyperloop this week, a pneumatic-like chamber that he envisions could transport humans between LA and San Francisco in about 30 minutes.  While others have certainly suggested similar ideas, both in sci-fi stories and in sci-fact forums, Musk's announcement, if anything, gives the public a slight insight into how a ...