[ExI] Self-driving tiny homes

[efc at disroot.org]

On Wed, 27 Nov 2024, Adrian Tymes via extropy-chat wrote:

> 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?

Plan in advance? As with any investment or bigger project. Regardless of 
situation, form of government, or world, if you're stupid or simply don't 
care nothing will help.