I used to share your reasoning that a straightforward technical solution must exist but this article really opened my eyes to the various tradeoffs involved in

I used to share your reasoning that a straightforward technical solution must exist but this article really opened my eyes to the various tradeoffs involved in districting and how finding a balance is indeed a political not a technical problem: "Gerrymandering isn't evil" https://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2015/06/could-gerrymandering-be-good-for-democracy-119581 https://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2015/06/could-gerrym...