The concept of 'airline hub' is built from many nested concepts including: ball→roll→wheel→spokes→hub→centrality; vehicle concepts; company concepts; trip→legs→routes; time→appointment→timetable→network; network→node; get; buy→money→economizing→downsizing; city; airport.
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Douglas HofstadterEvidence Quote
“just imagine all the concepts here that are that are all required to go into the concept of hub. And yet, when we say, you know, Denver is United hub, do you think about all this stuff? It's you don't think at all.”
Created: 8/12/2026, 6:12:22 PM
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