jotm

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2101.
by jotm 13y ago
Not really - it would just continue the trend of offline local storage and maybe make the Internet more distributed. Pretty much only cloud hosting providers would be affected. ISPs would probably be pressured into finally going big or goin
2102.
by jotm 13y ago
But that curve will start going downwards as soon as machines can fully replace people and most countries start using said machines. It's kind of like slavery - you could have 1000 working citizens do the work of 50,000 people (because
2103.
by jotm 13y ago
I believe the problem lies in where exactly do you get the money for BI? Who pays to provide it for millions of people - obviously you can't tax the BI itself, so what's left is the rich and corporations, which incidentally are th
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by jotm 13y ago
There's a simple solution to this: stop comparing yourself to others and always strive to be better than yesterday you . This way, you can improve every day (week/month/year) and become all that you can be without the stress
2105.
by jotm 15y ago
Yes, and when you decide to create your own country with your own laws, you'll either be importing at exorbitant fees or be embargoed by everyone...
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by jotm 15y ago
But that's exactly it - if you build a seastead, you will also have to abide by some country's laws. Otherwise you'll most likely find it very difficult to do business and acquire anything from anywhere, and if you do anything illegal in sa
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by jotm 15y ago
But WHY not build it on land? Find a remote piece of land and build your progressive city or refugee center at a quarter of the cost, with much easier access to food, building materials and other stuff. There are thousands of acres of land
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by jotm 15y ago
I really don't see the point of seasteads - escaping the law is not really feasible (you'll need supplies from a country, and if you do anything the US or other nearby countries don't like, you'll be cut off or heck, even torpedoed). There'
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SOPA as Prohibition (Darknets Are Bad For Society)(continuations.com)
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