[ExI] "new communities out of the reach of governments"

[Damien Broderick]

At 07:28 PM 2/6/2009 +0100, Mirco wrote:

>I always say that, if and when will be possible to have new 
>communities out of the reach of governments, will be possible to 
>explore and try these approaches and many others. Then, we will see 
>what communities will be able to prosper and who will not. And what 
>system really work and what not.

I always say that people of this opinion should read Greg Egan's 
fictional but very convincing picture of what will probably happen, 
in his novel DISTRESS. The artificial island Stateless is not 
*permitted* to remain "out of the reach of governments".

Damien Broderick