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Leaning on the term "hacker" requires stretching the definition a lot. There are a lot of circular dependencies here, not least of which is figuring out what exactly this mailing list is for. I think it's safe to assume we'd all like to live somewhere that is welcoming to small business owners, artists, scientists, and educators -- none of whom likely identifies with the term "hacker".

I'm fond of the "village" suffix, despite the long-term incremental goal of creating cities. As far as our intentions are concerned, we can't really say "let's build a city" because that's not how cities are built. Cities grow organically out of smaller and smaller structures, and it's entirely possible (and perfectly okay) that a {hacker} village might plateau before it even reaches the state of "town" or "small city". You could start smaller -- at the scale of an individual home, say -- but the idea demands some level of collaboration and cooperation or we're just talking about buying a summer house or a retirement home.

Anyway, we can reboot or rename the list later (groups.io seems to provide both options). For now, the list subscriptions are moderated, which will hopefully curb Ankur's concerns about "cryptocurrency hacker dudebros" filling the list with unproven techno-garbage. ;)

{Hacker} Villages => What would you prefer they be called?

-steven