Exit Spaces: From Koreshan Cults to Wireless Mesh Networks

An essay for Bracket journal drawing on the work of political economist Albert O. Hirschmann to speculate on the possibility of ‘exit spaces’ enabled by networked technology to exist outside of state or corporate oversight and control. The essay explores the history of these spaces from the Koreshan commune, to Occupy, Seasteading, and the opportunity for them to exist digitally in forms such as mesh networks.

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