The Gamer's Quarter

[dhex]

http://www.wired.com/science/planetearth/news/2008/05/seasteading

while i appreciate the attempts to establish libertopia (and other -topias) in a hyperconnected modern age, i'm also really afraid of drowning. the article details some of the earlier schemes along these lines (isolationist reboots of human culture) but there's a whole history of various kinds of these attempts spurred by a variety of factors - social and religious pressures or responses; socialist and other political utopic drives; to live outside of the established cultural order; or to even just mildly tweak the existing framework.



it's obviously doable but still, i am frightened.
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[helicopterp]

Let's call a prequel "MuleShock" and set it at Brook Farm.
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Like you thought you'd seen copter perverts before. They were nothing compared to this one.

[Swimmy]

Haven't other attempts at libertopia been tried before? Haven't they failed miserably?
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"Ayn Rand fans are the old school version of Xenogears fanboys."
-seryogin

[dhex]

yes, yes they have.

BUT THIS WILL BE DIFFERENT.

actually, one of my pet things is communal arrangements outside of the boundaries of normal society. i briefly considered doing a project on it (i know some folks who know some folks who live in one in south carolina) because while i find the entire concept rather dingbatty, i find it's execution very interesting. and the day-to-day challenges of dealing with human nature fighting political utopianism of one stripe or another quite fascinating.
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[Cocaine Socialist]

Could be more embarrassing.

[dhex]

yeah, i forgot about those guys! no small wonder why.

on the other hand i've always said there's going to be a lot of weird outgrowths from the ron paul thing, and so far as that's an obvious bet that even dead people couldn't lose, i've been right.
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