Regarding Solderpunks vision of "One billion, one continent" ( gemini://gemini.circumlunar.space/~solderpunk/gemlog/one-billion-one-continent.gmi ):
I find it hard to move past the fact that the limitation of all humans living on the same continent and no communities popping up elsewhere is, to be frank, unimplementable. In a sample size of a billion people, I'd expect at least a few thousand, if not a few million people would rebel against the limitation, and leave the megacities of the human continent for the other continents. Some will be rebelling against the leaders of their city-states. Some will be drawn by the promise of adventure. And others (contd in comments)
7 months ago · 👍 astromech
[1] gemini://gemini.circumlunar.space/~solderpunk/gemlog/one-billion-one-continent.gmi
Personally I enjoy the effort and enjoyed reading it. But to me it felt like a dystopia. Forcing people into megacities does not feel like solarpunk to me. Especially when it's illegal to get out of it. It does not feel like a community, it feels like an authoritarian government. But regardless I applaud the effort, it's cool to read good stuff on Gemini. · 7 months ago
will see this whole system as going against their religion's equivalent of the abrahamic divine command to "be fruitful and multiply and fill the earth and subdue it", that contradicts the very premise of the thought experiment: As a christian, the Genesis tells us that humanity was given the role of master and guardian of the rest of creation. The earth is not ours to do with as we please, but it is our responsibility and our priviledge to use what is literally our God-given right *responsibly*.
I know this won't necessarily be a popular opinion around here, but bear in mind that the Bible explicitly says to look after the planet, not to exploit it to ruin. · 7 months ago