Governing Extropia: A New City State Rises

At Virtually Blind, metaverse lawyer and legal analyst Benjamin Noble brings word of Extropia, a new SL city state created to look like a sci-fi future utopia, and promising a self-governed “haven for creative expression – in architecture, social relations, sexuality, artistic and technological media.”  Elections for public officials (including judges) begin in January-- read more about this promising experiment in virtual self-governance here.  Hopefully it doesn't go the way of Neualtenburg-- or for that matter, Bioshock.  Image credit: Virtually Blind.

Comments

[Gwyneth Llewelyn]

Hmmmpf Hamlet... first, it was called NeualtenbUrg and not -berg ;)

Secondly, Neufreistadt (the renamed sim) is still around, still lively, still growing... being just one sim of the Confederation of the Democratic Simulators. ;)

I'm interested in seeing how Extropia fares, though. Hmm. Hexagons on top of the sea. I wonder if they have been read on Oceania....

[Gwyneth Llewelyn]

Let me add to my comment above. I had not read their site. Indeed, it's inspired by Oceania. Well well. Isn't this world small?

One wonders if Eric Klien (Oceania's original founder in 1993) is now in SL and sponsoring Extropia...

[Hamlet Au]

Ack, I always mispell Neualtenburg. Then again, I always mispell Gwyneth Llewelyn. :)

[Sophrosyne Stenvaag]

Thanks for the coverage! Come join us this Saturday for our 12 hour Solstice Party!

4 DJs, Grace McDunnough performing live, and a fundraiser for Uthango/Virtual Africa!

[Galatea Gynoid]

"One wonders if Eric Klien (Oceania's original founder in 1993) is now in SL..."

If he his, someone send him my way, I'd really like to pick his brains. ;)