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>It kills me, though, just how impossible that would be. Is it though? It seems completely like a matter of will. I've thought about this exact idea before. Ho
by aphextron 8y ago
>It kills me, though, just how impossible that would be.
Is it though? It seems completely like a matter of will. I've thought about this exact idea before. How much VC would it take to build a small town? A couple billion? People are throwing gobs of money ten times that at absolute nonsense right now. Why couldn't we use it for meaningful progress instead?
- api 8y agoThe allure of gambling is powerful. Everyone can estimate ROI on a planned community. Nobody can estimate ROI on hot air, so it "could" be "the next" whatever-the-last-thing-was. Nobody wants to be the one who passed on Facebook or Bitcoin in 2014 to invest in something boring like housing. Statistically huge pops like those are extremely rare. Someone wins in the casino but statistically it won't be you. Statistically you are better off making rational investments. But... FOMO and daydreams and... there was that one time! ... rat pushes lever, rat pushes lever...
- bleair 8y agoAside a small number of exceptions US citizens hate using public transit themselves. This is reinforced by how public transit stations are always on the most undesirable real estate. If you’re successful you have a car, only the poor/unsuccessful/unusual don’t have 1 or more cars in their household.
- ibeckermayer 8y agoGood luck setting up a new government when the old government refuses to give up power...