Taking over the world?<br><br>   Nah, or not at least how Tom said to do it.<br><br>   I would put myself up for study, learn how to recreate my portal creating ability into a chamber, and then build something like an airport, then place all the stations around the globe in cities and towns, place the primary station under my management, and then sit back and watch as each nations economy is crippled due to a massive job loss, and people teleport to my place with all the infrastructures of trade, shopping, smelting, and raw materials come to me instantly, bringing down the prices, people spending at my place, I hire all the out of work people (seriously, there would be 'hundreds of thousands') and place them into my military or security faction as the majority of all civilian jobs are now obsolete, do that 'infinite energy' thing with the portal loop, killing more jobs in the process, and then.....<br><br>   That's how I take over the world.,(reply>), @Heath Mitchell It would be stronger, though how I see it at a reduced......uh, I suppose 'cost' as it isn't the instant travel tech itself that is the issue, but everything around it. How I see it;<br><br>   We need multiple of different shops, say hardware stores as it's not feasible to go fully direct source, even ordering online has problems, however, instant travel would solve that and cut down on the need for large amounts of middlemen, divers, which would reduce the need for massive need of vehicles, parts, gas, even paint and so on, forcing those people elsewhere in the privet sector, possibly overcrowding said markets to levels never seen before.<br><br>   Now with a larger pool of available trade workers at ones disposal, able to get to where you need them to be, instantly, that would play on supply and demand, if you need one person to mow a lawn, and have available to you billions, in my experience  the buyer will choose the lower cost, thus lower the cost of business to such a point it would not be wise to take up only 'one' trade, eventually forcing people once again to take up more, repeating the process.<br><br>Over all this wasn't suppose to be showing the 'bad' in instant travel, it was showing how 'I' would take over the world, not with massive military, but economically. The military build up is mostly for the displaced workers that can't seem to adjust to the massive switch in society, which is not uncommon to see in the world as many choose the armed service when times are tough, and as we are working on ways to reverse and slow down aging, if placed into a contract as a type pf 'payment' package, that would be a good selling point to enlist, longer life and youth.,(reply>), Why is having easy transport going to be a bad thing? Sure, there will be job losses, but only because the value to society gained from those jobs has been replaced by something that adds even more value to society, so I think the economy would be stronger overall,(reply>), @Juno oh,(reply>), infant energy is my favorite energy,(reply>), You mean "infinite energy" right?