[ExI] Libertarian Ocean Colonies

[Jef Allbright]

On Tue, May 20, 2008 at 7:16 AM, hkhenson <hkhenson at rogers.com> wrote:

>>On Mon, May 19, 2008 at 5:58 PM, Jef Allbright <jef at jefallbright.net> wrote:
>>> I personally tend to prefer techno-nomadism, but would like to be a
>>> welcome guest and contributor to such projects.  My interest is not so
>>> much on the level of building ocean-based dominions, but on the level
>>> of maximizing the growth of a variety of modes of self-expression.
>>>
>>> <http://www.wired.com/print/science/planetearth/news/2008/05/seasteading>

> Unfortunately these projects seem no more likely today than when they
> were discussed by libertarians back in the 1960s.

To the extent such developments are perceived as "concentration of
power" they will remain unlikely due to their relatively high physical
vulnerability.  This is the basis for my initial comment supporting
the principle more than the edifice.

The space elevator concept is susceptible to the same formulation but
with different coefficients.  It is inherently more vulnerable, but
somewhat more likely to be seen as a more widely distributed good.

- Jef