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Charles Cockell - Why Is Freedom Important Beyond Earth?

The Curious Task

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The Power of an Oxygen Regulator

In space, the chances of tyranny are much greater. So you need to pay attention to building systems of free governments that forestall these tyrannical outcomes from the get go. For there's no tability of terana spate. It's just tyranny prone. The very arguments for individual liberty become the instruments of tyranny in space. To protect those traditional liberalism can't be simply depoyed by a rather cynical, negative outlook - it has to be inculcated into society. My own view is that if you want to dilute the power of central authority in space, you must think separately and bring forward ideas separate from controlling authority on earth.

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