Oddbean new post about login | logout I like Wyoming too. We could be neighbors. By neighbor, I mean a radius 10 miles of blessed emptiness around me, at least. And no roads. I hate roads.
But I also like cities in Asia. Not cities in America. Never been to Europe. I need all three, with reasonable assurances that nosy criminals that wear ties are properly dealt with. Asia city, rural homestead, experimental seastead. All extremes, and everything in between the extremes is an abomination. Suburbia should be bulldozed.
I used to think isolation was the key to ensuring personal liberty. Now, reluctantly because I’m a loner, I think like-minded community is key. When you have a patch of bare dirt around a single plant you want, weeds colonize the dirt and choke out your plant. But if you plant many things that you want there and cover the dirt, weeds have a much harder time getting established, and your crop thrives.
That's a good analogy
i agree, but this just means i need to go somewhere far enough from the normies and close enough to useful resources and find people who will move to form such a community around me it has to happen, and this, IMO is the primary purpose of Nostr at this point in history... to bring us all together so we can form our enclaves i've seen so much government and criminal bullshit (but i repeat myself) in my life that i would prefer to be on the other side of a shotgun pointed in the direction of the next thieving government bitch who tries to rape my life
this is also my opinion and i will have no yapping mutts on my establishment, and i will have a little enclosure for visitors to contain the yaps of their visiting animals so i never hear these imbecilic animals again while i stand within my domain council roads, yeah, but dirt/gravel tracks, this is fine... i also intend to have a vehicle that will even get through a bad bit of mud (engine powered cable with hook) and yes, a diesel that can run even with no battery in it
No yapping mutts, indeed! If a dog can't hunt, the dog is food. Hunting dogs are not yapping dogs. Also part of why I hate roads is that community is sacred. A marketplace or a council or a church - all are profaned by ease of access. An hour to walk to a gathering is an hour of either meditation or conversation with your people. Driving invokes rules, invites attackers, and minimizes the opportunity for contemplation. Utter profanity. Solitude is also sacred. The value of both community and solitude are reduced by roads. IMO. And the value of both is increased with a walking stick. And they'd be even more valuable with a cloak. We have to being back cloaks.