Keep failing to stand still
Ever heard of Patri Friedman? No, not Milton Friedman the nobel laureate economist, or David Friedman the economist and medieval fiend; Patri Friedman, son to the latter, grand-son to the former, and founding member of the Seasteading institute whose mission is to
Establish permanent, autonomous ocean communities to enable experimentation and innovation with diverse social, political, and legal systems.
Philip Johnson’s Glass House is beautiful. It is stunning. But stunning is not the word for it, there’s no element of surprise in the impression it makes - it fits its surroundings so that you would almost expect it to be there.
I realize, it’s not everyone’s cup of tea.
And there’s no place for it in the Netherlands, where I live. A house like this needs a forest.
I would like to have a house like this. If I could afford it, I would probably build a house that would be halfway between the Glass House and a Minka. But I would build it to last, my house, with comfort, security, and autonomy in mind. Have you read Charles Platt’s “The Silicon Man”? That’s what I have in mind when I talk about security and autonomy. Or the house from that Bruce Willis movie with the hostages, where the house turns into a fortress at the push of a button.
It’s a libertarian fantasy, I suppose. I’m sure I’m not the only one to think of this. A fortress of one’s own… Not quite what Henry David Thoreau had in mind, I suppose.