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Topic: Free State Project meets Second Life (Read 28247 times)
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Jason Rand
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I'm using this account temporarily until I get my own.
Seth, I will be coming in to your "first life" tonight, and will be at the party. Will you be there too? Send me an IM and I will teleport you there, once I figure out the interface. I want to get set up with a cool avatar, or "person" or whatever you call it, so maybe you can help me? Thanks.
Ray Bock
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OK, Jason is losing touch with reality...  But seriously, Second Life is pretty amazing. Here's a good article in Popular Science magazine about it. Note how SL operates with very minimal "government", private property is respected, and capitalism is encouraged. Also note the possibilities for citizen participation in real-world government. I tried doing searches on "libertarianism" and "anarchy". The only thing that came up on the first one was Shyfrog's super-cool Gimme Liberty bar. The only thing that came up for anarchy was a punk club, so I doubt it has any serious anarchocapitalist relevance. I'm currently fantasizing about the educational possibilities of developing a whole libertarian place of some sort (a town? an island? a network of linked places?) within SL. It's pretty cheap to own land, just a few dollars to buy it and then $5/month in "rent". Then what you do with it is limited only by your own creativity (and time  ). Or maybe the best way to reach the virtual masses is to rent space in a popular shopping mall and distribute subversive virtual literature? hmmm http://www.popsci.com/popsci/technology/7ba1af8f3812d010vgnvcm1000004eecbccdrcrd.html |
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Free your mind, and your ass will follow. -- Parliament/Funkadelic
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From the Second Life documentation: The one thing you shouldn't try to do for money is beg for it. Unsolicited requests for L$ are considered rude and unappreciated.
Capitalism. It's what's for dinner.  |
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Free your mind, and your ass will follow. -- Parliament/Funkadelic
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Jason Rand
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Friday, I just discovered your great blog post about our party. It reminded me that I have to revive my blog now that I have a few things to write about. We just decided that tomorrow we will have a little party at the Gimme Liberty Bar to celebrate hitting 100 members in our Free State Project group. We will have valet parking for giant flying hotdogs. This is a BYOS (bring your own shinanigans) party, but I'm confident that with our membership base, there will be plenty to go around. |
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shyfrog
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I've made a new t-shirt for those attending the party tonight.
I may work on another (porc) version of it to include in the package.
All I'm gonna say is it's yellow and has sharp points...
See you tonight!
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« Last Edit: September 28, 2006, 10:21:57 am by shyfrog »
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Jason Rand
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We had another hot party at the Gimme Liberty Bar last night. I Expected to reach 100 members yesterday, which was the advertised excuse for the party, but we fell a bit short (96), so it was decided that I should be burned alive for failing to recruit sufficiently. Live and learn. It was still a sucessful party nonetheless, and we did have parking for giant flying hotdogs, which was also advertised. |
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Jason Rand
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« Last Edit: September 29, 2006, 05:41:45 pm by Jason Rand »
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ravelkinbow
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Remind me how to check out the second life? Haven't tried it out yet
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ravelkinbow
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Thanks,
Unfortunately my video card will not support it and it will not run on my laptop.
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Friday
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We had another hot party at the Gimme Liberty Bar last night. I Expected to reach 100 members yesterday, which was the advertised excuse for the party, but we fell a bit short (96), so it was decided that I should be burned alive for failing to recruit sufficiently. Live and learn. It was still a sucessful party nonetheless, and we did have parking for giant flying hotdogs, which was also advertised. Fun party, Jason! Shyfrog, thanks for the cool Gadsden FSP T-shirts. Ian, I forgive you for accidentally killing me with your watermelon gun. |
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Free your mind, and your ass will follow. -- Parliament/Funkadelic
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Jason Rand
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One of the news aggregate sites I read somewhat regularly is techmeme.com, which is where I first heard about Second Life. Frequently there are links to blog articles about Second Life, and today there is a pretty good one on the blog Signal to Noise. The author observes, "Considering Second Life as a conduit for thoughts and ideas, bringing real-world issues into the alter-reality only makes sense". Speaking of real world issues, there is a great podcast interview on another one of my favorite Second Life blogs, secondlifeinsider.com. When that blog quoted from the interview, "Second Life is not in the position of a government ... Second Life is more like a God", I knew I had to listen. The podcast did not dissapoint (although it took forever to load). I couldn't help after listening that the "better world" that Linden Lab is trying to create is essentially an anarcho-capitalistic society built upon the absolute sanctity of private property. There is also an interesting discussion of how Linden Lab operates within a framework of existing law, especially in the area of IP. Some other key topics hit in the podcast: Covenants Local control Private dispute resolution Arbitration Intellectual Property Law Lawrence Lessig My own favorite quote from that interview: "As a business we are not interested in representational government" Thank God! |
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« Last Edit: October 01, 2006, 06:59:10 pm by Jason Rand »
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Denis Goddard
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This week's Economist has an article about Second Life, the virtual land boom that's under way there, and that corporations are trying to use SL to get "brand awareness" among young people. |
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Jason Rand
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Second Life Drinking Game? Gimme a Break! The rules for our Gimme Liberty Bar Drinking game have been updated to align with the hot news about John Stossel and the NH Liberty Forum. We will now be drinking every time someone mentions John Stossel or says "Gimme a Break". The full rules are at Gimmeliberty.com. Just in time for OctoberFest! Join us! |
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jgmaynard
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I just signed up - PAPA Patra. I'm going to try to find the FSP folks soon. Trying to master all the controls first.
JM
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The Light of Alexandria By James Maynard A history of the first 1,000 years of science, and how it changed the ancient world, and our world today. http://www.lightofalexandria.com
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