A space colony, especially a distant and self sufficient one, can collectively be freer from external threats than anyone on Earth. But the constraints on individual behavior may necessarily be far more stringent. Air, food, and water management are obvious examples, but there may also be a kind of "small town" pressure for social conformity that a lot of us would find opressive. Paradoxically, the most free society from an individual standpoint might be a low population density socialist structure, where the robotic economy provides a societal floor of basic food, shelter, medical care and some income.
Gerald D. Nordley [email protected] www.gdnordley.com -----Original Message----- From: Kennita Watson via Basfa <[email protected]> To: [email protected] <[email protected]>; Bay Area Liberty <[email protected]>; [email protected] <[email protected]>; [email protected] <[email protected]> Sent: Thu, Feb 4, 2021 12:32 pm Subject: [Basfa] Fw: Space Settlement 2021, space.com #yiv8534473119 P {margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;}Space is full of opportunities to make our own free societies. See space.com today. Live long and prosper - KennitaFrom: Kennita Watson Sent: Thursday, February 4, 2021 12:05 PM To: [email protected] <[email protected]> Subject: Space Settlement 2021, space.com The National Space Society is running an all-day symposium on the future of humans in space. Tune in space.com . Live long and prosper - Kennita_______________________________________________ Basfa mailing list [email protected] http://lists.basfa.org/listinfo.cgi/basfa-basfa.org
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