Parable of the Polygons – a playable post on the shape of society

This is fantastic! We were just noticing how segregated our own neighborhood near Boston is, and wondering what drives that and what could be done about it. You can see the same thing all over the city -- neighborhoods that are much more white than average right next to neighborhoods that are much less white than average. Really interesting that this could be self-generated with very little bias (setting aside that there's definitely still some intentional housing discrimination in Boston)…

This might be malicious of me but I found another way to maintain an almost 0 % segregation in the polygon experiment. Turn the satisfaction threshold way up: "I'll move if less then 85% are like me". This resulted in constant movement. But a different conclusion might be reached. Improve mobility (remote work, coworking spaces, high speed cheap eco friendly transportation, etc.) and the world might become more dynamic, and stable. This is a tech problem and it's something we…

I first read that post several years ago and re-read it now, and I found that what bothered me back then is still bothering me today: The article goes to great lengths, with amazing visual presentation, to demonstrate how a diverse society can be achieved. It doesn't say a single word about why society should strive to be diverse. Instead, the article (ironically) appears to be written from the biased standpoint that it "ought to be" so. We hear claims…

This probably should be a regular submission rather than a "Show HN" because show HN is intended as a place where authors submit their original work.