[ExI] Self-driving tiny homes

[Adrian Tymes]

On Wed, Nov 27, 2024 at 9:14 AM efc--- via extropy-chat <
extropy-chat at lists.extropy.org> wrote:

> On Mon, 25 Nov 2024, Adrian Tymes via extropy-chat wrote:
> > On Mon, Nov 25, 2024, 6:03 AM efc--- via extropy-chat <
> extropy-chat at lists.extropy.org> wrote:
> >       I'm thinking self-driving "mega-homes" in the form of an
> autonomous fleet
> >       of boats for low taxes and free enterprise! Ok, ok, old ideas from
> >       Stephenson, but still, would be fun to see!
> >
> > Who would handle the repairs and maintenance?  When one's neighbor's
> boat, that one's own boat is too thoroughly bolted to to
> > facilitate disconnect in time, develops a leak that said neighbor is
> unwilling or unable to repair, does one fix one's neighbor's
> > property (likely without compensation, possibly without authorization
> from said neighbor) or allow it to drag one's home underwater?
>
> Check the contract! That's the beaty with the free market. It comes up
> with solutions to problems that central government planning and socialists
> never would be able to come up with.
>

Despite the ideal, these sorts of situations rarely come with contracts in
practice.  The bolting just happened as a matter of mutual convenience,
without any formal negotiation (and certainly no written instrument) - and
then the neighbor's boat develops that leak.  What do you do?
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