{"id":5634,"date":"2013-06-14T18:59:59","date_gmt":"2013-06-15T00:59:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.chasclifton.com\/?p=5634"},"modified":"2013-06-14T19:02:16","modified_gmt":"2013-06-15T01:02:16","slug":"you-want-paganistan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.chasclifton.com\/?p=5634","title":{"rendered":"You Want “Paganistan”?"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Build Paganistan. A floating Paganistan.<\/a> “Bulletproof Coffee”? I might try that once.<\/p>\n

In addition to seeing government as just another problem that technology can overcome, Seasteaders try to \u201chack\u201d every aspect of their existence down to their self-care regimens. Many participate in health and fitness regimes like the Paleo Diet and Crossfit\u2014lifestyles that dovetail nicely with more mainstream libertarian retro-futurism, which argues humans ought to live more like they did before their \u201cfreedom\u201d was impinged upon by large state governments, all while enjoying the enhancements of technological innovation forged in the free market. It wasn\u2019t just Charlie from the boat cruise who proselytized the health benefits of butter: the unofficial beverage of Ephemerisle was \u201cBulletproof Coffee\u201d\u2014black coffee with half a stick of butter mixed in\u2014which advocates claim increases their mental acuity and helps them stay trim. The inventor of the concoction claims to have increased his IQ by twenty points and lost 100 pounds as a result of his experiments \u201chacking\u201d his biology. He was at Ephemerisle, too and later, in an email, told me he\u2019d had a great time.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Build Paganistan. A floating Paganistan. “Bulletproof Coffee”? I might try that once. In addition to seeing government as just another problem that technology can overcome, Seasteaders try to \u201chack\u201d every aspect of their existence down to their self-care regimens. Many participate in health and fitness regimes like the Paleo Diet and Crossfit\u2014lifestyles that dovetail nicely […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[1],"tags":[75,119],"class_list":["post-5634","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-california","tag-future"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p6xQTg-1sS","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":499,"url":"https:\/\/blog.chasclifton.com\/?p=499","url_meta":{"origin":5634,"position":0},"title":"Driving AudhumlaDriving Audhumla is a\u2026","author":"Chas S. 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