There’s actually a super cool Vernor Vinge book that deals with the whole ‘teleportation relative to earth is hard’ problem, called the Witling (minor spoilers below)<br><br><br>On one alien world, teleportation exists (among some other plot-related irrelevant details). It’s essentially magic-based, not tech-based, so instead of cars or trains, they have a series of pools some hundred kilometers apart that stretch in long lines around the planet. They use spheroid boats in order to ‘jump’ from pool to pool, swapping with the air and water from the destination pool. Interestingly, the teleportation works just as well at thousands of kilometers than hundreds, so why the short pools? The rotation of the planet! Each pool is essentially a shock absorber, preventing the ship from being destroyed on impact. It’s some really cool worldbuilding, with much more than that one detail, so a strong recommend from me.<br><br>Anyway, awesome video as always, Tom!