[toddh]

The "us" is any organization that wants to build a Maker City startup.

Burning Man is an example where people just decide to pickup and go somewhere, but that's not a realistic model. Nor is starting a city off at 500k population. You are right, cities have to start small and build incrementally by providing value. Like any good system :-)

Any new city has to offer what all the old cities offered: opportunity and a chance at a better life. If they can't do that then they won't flourish. If these benefits can be offered then history shows people will move, especially as home ownership has dipped in recent years.

The idea is that we have an opportunity to build around new resources and new ideas in the same way we built around gold or shipping in the past.

Only gold has been spun into digital.