Venkatesh Rao@vgr·Jan 2, 2020Heh I knew this would be a difficult prompt. Naming is hard.Quote TweetVenkatesh Rao@vgr·Jan 2, 2020If you had the $ to found a new post-weirding survival town (or reboot a distressed ghost town) what would you name it?Show this thread13
Visa's in NYC until Mar13! @visakanv·Jan 2, 2020Replying to @vgra big part of the reason it's particularly hard is that you can't really name a thing in a vacuum. a thing will kinda tell you its name if you hang out with it. where is the town? what's around it? etc11
Venkatesh Rao@vgrReplying to @visakanvIt often goes the other way. True Name it and the vision fleshes out.4:55 AM · Jan 2, 20201 Like
Visa's in NYC until Mar13! @visakanv·Jan 2, 2020Replying to @vgrsometimes i forget you can be more idealistic than i am11
Venkatesh Rao@vgr·Jan 2, 2020Replying to @visakanvIt’s not idealism. It’s how creativity works. Both ways might lead to a shitty town with a shitty name 😂12