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I need to read Breaking Dawn, but I think you should read the Crying of Lot 49. It is more abstract than Paul Rosenberg. I like Paul, but he is pretty literal.

Anyway, these alternate distribution systems are a key theme in Crying.

"The cypherpunks are not inventing new strategies—they’re implementing ancient ones with better tools."

I think there is a lot of value to this approach, but sometimes "better" is a stretch. Lots of old analog ideas work just fine and don't need constant firmware updates.

But some nice ideas here.

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I've been living in many different parts of Zomia for about 20 years now. I've read James C. Scott and I think there's a slight romanticism in his work.

Zomia, I think, extends into southern central Chinese provinces like Hunan, birthplace of Chairman Mao, albeit in surrounding mountainous regions. I've been in Miao villages there that are seriously hard to get to. Rammed earth houses that are falling apart. Kilns no longer used. Terraces planted out to timber trees because it's cheaper for them to just buy rice. They just want their children to go to university.

In many parts of Laos and northern Thailand, you very rarely see police. There are village chiefs. They like to settle things on their own. And it works. But still, not so many young people.

Excellent piece. I’ve been misguided in my thinking until now. I thought Bitcoiners need to reside together in meat space to reach our full potential. This article has convinced me that as painful as it is to go it alone surrounded by NPCs, it’s necessary for the movement to destroy the state. The feeling of not belonging may ultimately be our cross to bear

La oportunidad es única. Podemos crear espacios protegidos por criptografía que sean ingobernables. Podemos mantener la soberanía individual sin confrontación política. Podemos construir sistemas paralelos que se fortalezcan con la escala.

Los patrones ya han sido probados, las herramientas existen y las matemáticas favorecen las comunidades distribuidas protegidas criptográficamente frente a los Estados de vigilancia centralizados.

Las montañas están llamando, la cuestión es si contestaremos.

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Where are the solar panels :-)

That's interesting, I was in Ecuador (over 25 years ago). At the time of the Spanish conquest, the natives moved higher and higher up in the mountains to escape the Spanish (and probably also because their land was usurped). They lived in hard to access regions that were also undesirable because of the harsh environment, so they were mostly left alone (to eke out an existence). As a result, their culture has survived to the present day.