I encourage you to consider expanding the list. The current hubs/considered hubs are overwhelmingly
in expensive places to live, vulnerable to the threat of nuclear war/nuclear winter, and hard to immigrate to.
But maybe ‘one hub’ does not fit all purposes. A hub in a place like the Canary Islands would be inexpensive to live, has a very high quality of life, has a good nice timezone, and is fairly safe from nuclear war. This could be very useful for enabling intellectual development, research, and writing.
On the other hand a hub in Washington DC offers the potential for influence, intellectual stimulation, proximity to top universities, etc.
But these things naturally tend to trade off; the more ‘central’ a place is, the more costly it is, and the more it is a target of great power war.
I don’t see the point in getting people interested in doing research to live in cities that are expensive precisely because they are close to financial or government centers … or vice/versa.
I encourage you to consider expanding the list. The current hubs/considered hubs are overwhelmingly
in expensive places to live, vulnerable to the threat of nuclear war/nuclear winter, and hard to immigrate to.
But maybe ‘one hub’ does not fit all purposes. A hub in a place like the Canary Islands would be inexpensive to live, has a very high quality of life, has a good nice timezone, and is fairly safe from nuclear war. This could be very useful for enabling intellectual development, research, and writing.
On the other hand a hub in Washington DC offers the potential for influence, intellectual stimulation, proximity to top universities, etc.
But these things naturally tend to trade off; the more ‘central’ a place is, the more costly it is, and the more it is a target of great power war.
I don’t see the point in getting people interested in doing research to live in cities that are expensive precisely because they are close to financial or government centers … or vice/versa.