[FRIAM] dystopian vision(s)

[Marcus Daniels]

The largest public infrastructure project I remember in New Mexico was the Railrunner train track installation, and even that involved decades of public debt.
Population-dense regions are interesting to me because big projects are possible because there is a tax base.  Bay bridge, BART, high voltage power distribution under the bay, bike paths around the bay, 10 gigabit networking, etc.   Someday there may need to be desalinization rigs in the bay.   All of this is conceivable with millions of people to pay for it.   Being spread-out means more crude oil for asphalt.

From: Friam <friam-bounces at redfish.com> On Behalf Of Gary Schiltz
Sent: Monday, August 15, 2022 9:25 AM
To: The Friday Morning Applied Complexity Coffee Group <friam at redfish.com>
Subject: Re: [FRIAM] dystopian vision(s)

I wonder what proportion of people worldwide, like me, see "urban" places as mainly, at best, necessary evils. Maybe it's mainly an American phenomenon, maybe a bourgeoisie idea for only those who can afford land.

On Mon, Aug 15, 2022 at 8:23 AM glen <gepropella at gmail.com<mailto:gepropella at gmail.com>> wrote:
At the top of my LIFO stack of dystopian things has been "The Line":

https://www.neom.com/en-us/regions/theline

Pushed by a ruthless monarchy, funded by fossil fuels, bulldozing indigenous lands, ... yikes.

But I now have a new one on the stack:

https://www.mojo.vision/mojo-lens/

Unlike bin Salman, these guys seem well-intentioned. But sheesh. I can't even imagine wearing that.

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