But starting from the outset with little shared resources and (obviously) allowing establishment of shared projects using their resources by agreement between the stakeholders doesn’t seem much different from some de novo process of establishing such shared projects with no direct involvement of individuals
You’re speaking as if we’re starting with strict borders and considering renegotiating, for most of the resources in the universe and also on the planet this is not the case, ownership of space is a taboo, ownership over ocean resources is shared, at least on the nation level. It’s as if humans have shame, sense the absurdity of it all, and on some level fear enclosed futures. I think shared ownership (which is not really ownership) is a more likely default, shared at least between more than one person, if not a population.
But to the point, I don’t think we know that the two starting points lead to equivalent outcomes. My thesis is generally that it’s very likely that transparency (then coordination) physically wins out under basically any natural starting conditions, but even if the possibility that some coordination problems are permanent is very small, I’d prefer if we avoided the risk. But I also notice that there may be some governance outcomes that make shared start much less feasible than walled start.
You’re speaking as if we’re starting with strict borders and considering renegotiating, for most of the resources in the universe and also on the planet this is not the case, ownership of space is a taboo, ownership over ocean resources is shared, at least on the nation level. It’s as if humans have shame, sense the absurdity of it all, and on some level fear enclosed futures. I think shared ownership (which is not really ownership) is a more likely default, shared at least between more than one person, if not a population.
But to the point, I don’t think we know that the two starting points lead to equivalent outcomes. My thesis is generally that it’s very likely that transparency (then coordination) physically wins out under basically any natural starting conditions, but even if the possibility that some coordination problems are permanent is very small, I’d prefer if we avoided the risk. But I also notice that there may be some governance outcomes that make shared start much less feasible than walled start.