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Paypal billionaire Peter Thiel...has teamed up with the grandson of libertarian icon Milton Friedman, Patri Friedman, to try and develop a “seastead,” or a permanent and autonomous dwelling at sea. Friedman formed the “Seasteading Institute” in 2008, and Thiel has donated more than a million dollars to fund its creation...
they claim a floating city could be just years away. The real trick is finding a proper location to build this twenty-first century Atlantis. Currently, they are attempting to find a host nation that will allow the floating city somewhat close to land, for the calm waters and ability to easily travel to and from the seastead.
In recent years there have been reports of similar efforts, like the Freedom Ship, a floating city designed to house 50,000 people, with a landing strip on top of the vessel.
Such concepts raise the questions, "Can these communities create new social structures when the subconscious societal norms we all grow up with have such a powerful influence on our expectations?" and "Is the ocean really the best place to site these communities, given how powerful, treacherous, and corrosive an environment the sea is?"
(Score: 2) by PapayaSF on Thursday March 19 2015, @02:45AM
I actually wrote "on the surface" to exclude outer space, smart guy. Yes, the bottom of the ocean could be considered the surface of the Earth. But in common usage, "surface" means on land or on (not under) the ocean. I'm discussing practical and legal issues. Captain Nemo's submarine has all the technical problems of an equivalent surface vessel, plus some. And the legal issues remain.
(Score: 2) by BasilBrush on Friday March 20 2015, @01:06AM
Space is a great idea. Libertarians should definitely go there. Along with the hairdressers and telephone sanitizers.
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