“Our work suggests that a lot of what we view as gerrymandering may instead result from the complexity of the task. It’s beyond human abilities to perfectly group millions of people into fair districts”https://www.seeker.com/tech/an-unbiased-algorithm-could-help-put-an-end-to-partisan-gerrymandering?utm_content=An+Unbiased+Algorithm+Could+Help+Put+an+End+to+Partisan+Gerrymandering&utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=social-media …
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Including an open-source implementation? That would then be a precedent.
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I think you're taking one aspect and neglecting the rest. Even an open source algorithm could create very gerrymandered districts (accidentally or not).
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Key insight: it would not be accidental
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Just as in many states, e.g. Texas they've gone way past their cognitive limits and made it even worse
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I agree it would be great if we could do that. I just don't see how we'll get over the intense partisanship in the US
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Yeah, I know. But every little helps I suppose.

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Not all ideas have to be totally realistic to still be important and worth publicizing. Nice work!
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Anything to shift that Overton window, I guess.

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