I remember a similar initiative on Slashdot about 10 years ago. The goal there was to get a whole bunch of tech people to all move to the same state and work together as a (mostly) unified voting block to make that state a great place for tech people to live.
It seemed a lot better thought out than the OP's plan. iirc, they picked New Hampshire.
I don't have a bookmark and my googlefu is failing me. Can anyone else confirm that memory for me?
[EDIT] thanks waqf . Yes, those were the guys. Browsing their site, they seem a lot more nutjob than I remember them being. I wonder if that's just me getting old (get off my lawn!), me adding a rosy sheen to my memory, or them shifting focus over the years.
[EDIT 2] Looking at their original manifesto it's a combination of me getting old, and a rosy memory. If anything, they've gotten less nutjoby over the years.
It seemed a lot better thought out than the OP's plan. iirc, they picked New Hampshire.
I don't have a bookmark and my googlefu is failing me. Can anyone else confirm that memory for me?
[EDIT] thanks waqf . Yes, those were the guys. Browsing their site, they seem a lot more nutjob than I remember them being. I wonder if that's just me getting old (get off my lawn!), me adding a rosy sheen to my memory, or them shifting focus over the years.
[EDIT 2] Looking at their original manifesto it's a combination of me getting old, and a rosy memory. If anything, they've gotten less nutjoby over the years.