Re:A Cryptocurrency Millionaire Wants to Build a Utopia in N...
by donavanm on Friday November 02, 2018 @03:17AM
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If only there were any previous comparable attempts we could learn from ... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/California_City,_California
Re:A Cryptocurrency Millionaire Wants to Build a Utopia in N...
by newsbinator on Friday November 02, 2018 @05:34AM
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There's a solid chance the current attempt will end up as just another failed planned city.
But that's what moonshots are all about.
If it were easy or likely to succeed, it would have been done 10 times already.
Songdo's not doing as well as hoped either: https://www.citylab.com/life/2018/06/sleepy-in-songdo-koreas...
But that's why we iterate and try again... or not "we" so much as bitcoin semi-billionaires.
Even though the source of his funds may be questionable (FOMO?, robbing from the uninformed?, luck timing the market?), he's not letting his funds sit idle.
It's one man's personal moonshot.
If anybody is going to actively create a mini 21st century society that gets a lot of things right, it's a crazy near-billionaire who bought 67,000 acres of land and invests in a long-term team/plan to make use of it.
I'm very interested to see what happens.