Outer Edges Part 3

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• 00:00:00

  In a moment. Following our sort of two-track scheme, I think particularly this week we're going to be challenged not to be diverted a little bit by the excitement of catabolic geopolitics which has gone a bit over the cliff in the last week. And I think it's possible to really try to do something interesting with…

• 00:28:45

  Or, in the case of the Tory party who were elected, making a promise to reduce immigration. And then acting as, you know, completely ignoring it, really. And so, you know, the rate goes higher and higher and higher. And... And... I suppose, finally, there has been some sort of response that they've had to listen…

• 00:50:21

  …a little bit. And I think we'll… either late this time or next week, we'll be really talking about bolting stuff together in the sea and all of this kind of stuff. But on a kind of abstract level, in terms of what you've just said, whenever you've got this chicken and egg problem, you know, that's what you've…

• 01:16:22

  And yeah that's fair enough because they sort of have a theory of how it works or whatever. But I don't know. I guess I'm also reminded of the way that cities usually depend on a hinterland, right? And so... Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. And so they also need a sort of ecosystem to exist in to get a community like this going…

• 01:40:07

  I'm not sure if that's making sense, but... No, no, it is. It's really complicated. It's a big problem for sure, isn't it? I mean, because what drives the reorganization is selection pressure. It doesn't have to be... I mean, in the most dramatic form, it's obviously that you have such a kind of luxuriant innovation…

• 02:03:46

  Yeah. A big way maybe. I don't know. Sinking it. I mean obviously there's all kinds of horrible things you could do. That's why. It's an existential problem that obviously you know land based sovereigns don't have. It's that you can sort of pull the plug and watch your libertopia disappear into the depths. I don't…

• 02:26:00

  Yeah. But I think its traditions are open to a lot of tolerance of a lot of substantial autonomy that's just masked by some symbolic overlay. I mean, I guess you could argue that that tributary relationship, even when there's no direct government sort of relationship, is sort of like a promise of non-aggression. In…

• 02:52:48

  I can see that Amy's practically just. . . Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. melting into complete fatigue then. She's got the worst time zone I think. What do you think guys? Are we done? Yeah, I can leave it here. I have to work tomorrow too. Okay. Thank you very much. Yeah, thanks guys…