independence

The US is comparatively rare in having had no coups since independence and only one civil war.

What man wants is simply independent choice, whatever that independence may cost and wherever it may lead.

Doing the math on life decisions like this was by far the biggest factor in my own early financial independence.

Also self sufficiency and independence are great for a startup, but that doesn't guarantee that your company will continue to exist.

Feminists long ago supposed alimony when most women were house keepers, and alimony was important to giving them independence following divorce.

If you are willing to make some assumptions about independence (for example) you can do a lot of the computations in parallel.

I value my independence as an individual too much to appreciate being part of something larger.

They had a reputation for being well read, occasionally hard drinking, strong union men who enjoyed an independence particularly rare in the 19th century.

It cannot describe any shifts in power as it assumes independence, where our understanding of power is anything but (you are more likely to be powerful if you're close to powerful people).

The independence of implementation would be at the hardware not algorithm level.

Every single one of the cited examples had to fight bloody wars of independence against occupation before their refugees were even seen as human.

This is probably just as significant as vendor independence or technical issues.

Are you really trying to make this about "a very significant chunk of your independence and freedom"?

I assume in his quote when he means "Getting a portion of the human race permanently...", he means resource independence from Earth, which would be the point.

I suspect also that independence is more important to "developer types" than to others.

The other solution I though of was basic income (it's the solution for many things.) Looks like true independence only comes from "fuck you money", that basic income would provide.