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Let a thousand societies bloom

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Special thanks to Zachary Williamson, Afra Wang, Mark Lutter, Balaji Srinivasan and Primavera di Filippi for feedback and review One of the recurring ideological themes of the last few decades has been the idea of creating entire new communities, cultures, cities and even countries. Instead of having a fixed number of these, all slowly changing, we can "let a thousand nations bloom" (where "nation" can cover the full spectrum from a glorified internet forum to a literal country), giving people more choice and opening up space for more pluralistic independent innovation. Instead of your membership in one being an accident of birth, each person can choose to gravitate to the communities that best fit their values. Some strands of this thought include: These ideas are diverse. Some of them are explicitly about getting as much legal autonomy as possible, and using that platform to create new laws from the ground up. Others value a more gradualist approach, and a more long-term closer conne

Dark Mode Toggle Let a thousand societies bloom 2025 Dec 17 See all posts Let a thousand societies bloom Special thanks to Zachary Williamson, Afra Wang, Mark Lutter, Balaji Srinivasan and Primavera di Filippi for feedback and review One of the recurring ideological themes of the last few decades has been the idea of creating entire new communities, cultures, cities and even countries. Instead of having a fixed number of these, all slowly changing, we can " let a thousand nations bloom " (where "nation" can cover the full spectrum from a glorified internet forum to a literal country), giving p

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