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PayPal Billionaire Peter Thiel Funding Libertarian Seastead

posted by LaminatorX on Thursday March 19 2015, @01:38AM   Printer-friendly
from the No-Gods-or-Kings-only-Man dept.

Phoenix666 writes:

Alternet reports:

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?"

 
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  • (Score: 3, Interesting) by Geezer on Thursday March 19 2015, @12:10PM

    by Geezer (511) on Thursday March 19 2015, @12:10PM (#159900)

    Since they brought political leanings into their science article, howzabout providing enough funding for a libertarian candidate to run a competitive campaign in 2016?

    I'm not a Libertarian, but it would be a huge game-changer and perhaps get some other alternatives into play some day.

    Any alternative to the Repubmocrat oligarchy is better than the same old hold-your-nose-and-vote routine.

    But I'm being naive. We'd probably wind up with another Nader or Perot nutjob that will just reinforce the corporate media image of 3rd-party loonies.

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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday March 19 2015, @12:16PM

    by Anonymous Coward on Thursday March 19 2015, @12:16PM (#159904)

    > We'd probably wind up with another Nader or Perot nutjob that will just reinforce the corporate media image of 3rd-party loonies.

    Or Koch brother. [nytimes.com] His campaign fractured the Libertarian party.