https://hackerpaper.kaipfister.de/p/1410.8796/Collected HN comments and submissions linking this paper.enMon, 02 Nov 2026 11:16:22 GMThttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12916791urn:hackerpapers:mention:1410.8796:12916791Thu, 10 Nov 2016 01:21:20 GMT<p>What if some of the super rich elites leveraged their economic might to counteract the effect of gerrymandering -- perhaps an endowment that explicitly offered a geographically sensitive housing subsidy based on a normalized model for how precincts _should_ be shaped could have significant effects if backed by the capital of a Gates or a Zuckerberg foundation? I believe that mathematically fair models for precinct shape have been described[1] -- such model could provide the basis for estimating the gerrymander induced vote-reflects-voter-will-error -- and the subsidy system could encourage…</p><p><a href="https://hackerpaper.kaipfister.de/p/1410.8796/">Paper and discussion history</a>. A mention is not an endorsement.</p>physics.soc-ph