The original container totally revolutionized civilization and sparked globalization. But only at enterprise scale. Like mainframes in computing. We need a PC/mobile revolution for containerization.
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As Feynman noted, there’s a lot of room at the bottom. Micro-containerization is the answer to all our problems. Just like homeownership was the answer to everything in 1945 or whenever.
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You could open a whole world of sharing too. Like my gym or workshop or telescope might each be a box. I might presently be somewhere I can’t use any of them. Make them rentable. Airbnb for stuff. In a box.
Don’t even need to own or assemble myself. REIT the stuff.
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I think has been thinking about a version of this stuff for the storage piece.
Basically... unbundle and rebundle “home” as a set of functional boxes.
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These thoughts inspired by an annoyingly stupid family logistics situation we’re dealing with, involving sorting/moving/trashing stuff via remote control 2000 miles away, and dealing with idiotic issues of mailing keys around, figuring out who can be trusted to do what, etc.
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As with intranet opsec, we need to move from a perimeter based security/permissions model to an asset-based one. Stuff like Amazon Key is transitional tech at best. You don’t want smart homes. You want dumb stuff in smart boxes in dumb homes. amazon.com/gp/help/custom
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The home is now like an ownership middle-mile dumb pipe between ownership and lifestyle.
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You could even design a home around this concept. It would be like a mini-containerport.
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This is really me trying to disrupt the idea of sedenterized civilization and reimagine nomadism Asia a way of life that’s NOT materially minimalist. Why *should* human mobility require material life to be crammed into a mongol yurt/caravan/RV?
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Why can’t stuff — even mansion-scale stuff — move at the rare of humans? Why must humans slow themselves to the match the mobility of their stuff? Blitzlebensstil. Lightning lifestyle.
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Blitzkrieg revolutionized war by moving humans at the speed of machines rather than slowing machines down to human marching pace. This could revolutionize peace by moving stuff at the speed of mobile citizens.
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The second I saw this tweet, the inner war nerd in me wanted to shout out, thats not what "blitzkrieg" is, and blitzkrieg itself doesnt even exist. Probably a futile cause though, since I dont know if its important as far as your thought train.



