To Hardcore Open-Source Fans And iPhone Haters
Although it’s not about tech or open source or iPhones or anything like that, I think you’d do very well to read Tyler Cowen’s post from May about Seasteading — the fantasy many libertarians have of setting up their own free island.
I’ve wondered whether I should retire on to a cruise ship of the future, but I’m not attracted per se by the “politics” I would get there. I would expect more freedom in the Lockean sense but less of the positive freedom that comes from living in a larger, more diverse, and yes also a more stupid society. I wouldn’t live on the Mensa cruise ship either. I’ll take some of the stupidity of modern society (the landlubbing version) to get the diversity and the greater number of open niche spaces and free possibilities.
This insight explains (I think) Desktop Linux vs. Windows, Android vs. iPhone and countless other tech wars.
