Happiest of New Years to you and your family, Geoboo!

Awesome post! I love the message!

I will look into that… thanks for the tip!

Highly recommended! But the bike is a hypochondriac - the engine sensors frequently tell you about problems that go away if you just keep riding. Apparently it’s a PanAm thing…

It took some getting used to! I like having the ability to get off road without switching bikes, and that it’s light enough to pick up when I drop it.

Good question. Dominant religions can make a place tough for nonconformists. More generally, the clash of beliefs among intolerant sects has historically been the source of involuntary relocations. But I’d love to see the kind of world you’re envisioning!

Ok - but how do we avoid making refugees of those who don’t buy the consensus?

I like this. But consensus is hard to achieve, short of compelling political socialization (e.g., Rousseau’s social contract). Absent that, there’s no mechanism of social choice that assures a fair and coherent mapping of individual preferences into a collective decision (Arrow’s paradox).

Agreed - particularly at a local scale. Building that consistent narrative is a challenge when fundamental beliefs are in conflict. Liphardt’s consociational democracy might enable local cohesion and divergent narratives at the larger (national) scale.

All good points, Geoboo! The resilience of institutions that distribute and decant authority will be key. My worry is that the authoritarian impulse to undermine institutions will degrade them to the point that they become ineffectual.