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
@chenoehart has been thinking about a version of this stuff for the storage piece. Basically... unbundle and rebundle “home” as a set of functional boxes.2 replies 0 retweets 6 likesShow this thread -
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. https://www.amazon.com/gp/help/customer/display.html?nodeId=202179650 …
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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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The future is already here, just unevenly distributed. Cabin luggage
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