Interesting, I’m trying to apply this to domains and it seems a decent fit or at least a lot of overlap. Domains are sort of the digital land for the internet,

Interesting, I’m trying to apply this to domains and it seems a decent fit or at least a lot of overlap. Domains are sort of the digital land for the internet, and the websites hosted on them are the value add. Domains are practically infinite, though like some of the land examples some domains are far more desirable than others. Individually domains can be divided into practically infinite subdomains and/or subpages. The ~1500 TLDs all have their own rules and fees (taxes). They fall under a central governing authority, ICANN pursuant to ToS/EULA/rules/policies, as well as intellectual property laws which vary from jurisdiction to jurisdiction and may also fall under one or more international treaties. Nevertheless, speculation proliferated and domaining is an entire industry driving prices up, but in practice I don’t think prohibits “new players.” There is enough difference between land/virtual worlds and domains, I don’t think a LVT or harberger tax would be well suited for domains, but it’s interesting to think about. I always hoped that somehow the Internet would find its way back to personal websites in lieu of the social media sandboxes that dominate, or at least adopt the Bluesky approach where users can bring their own username/handle/identity via a custom domain.