I think living in like-minded communities is what will be the next progression of things. Statism is a barrier to this but it would probably happen quickly in a voluntary world.
It wouldn't be isolationist like you live in your community and those 150 are all that you know. Rather people probably want to constantly visit and explore and figure out what works best and what other people are doing.
But there are so many arbitrary things like even down to what level of nudity is acceptable. Is it ok to walk around puffing a cigarette near people, etc. And life just works a little easier when you surround yourself by people who are on the same page rather than try to live on top of each other with different attitudes about this stuff.
And being surrounded "by like-minded people" can actually mean a community of completely different people, if they wanted to attempt that and see how it works.
And it's my feeling that there will probably be "public" areas where people from different communities all hangout and stuff. And this is great for people who haven't settled somewhere. And there's some generic code of conduct in these places, and then in your home communities you have more niche differences.
I been thinking the same thing.
Nassim Taleb put it well in his latest piece: "You know instinctively that people get along better as neighbors than roommates."
Too much population density = Mouse utopia.
Ya, I think it's easier to really connect and go deep and be one when we're more surrounded by people who don't have clashing preferences and attitudes.
And we'd have "neighbor" communities who we're friends with, but we'd organize more closely and more intimately with people we vibe most with.
It's a funny duality where we want to accept everyone -- and we should in the sense that we want them to be them, to live their destiny in whatever ways seem good to them.
But that's different than being close with everyone.
And I think in today's world we take it for granted that we build "communities" of people who essentially barely even know each other, let alone have a real capacity to bond and connect deeply.
We need more family like communities.
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