Patri Friedman Seasteading TedX Hong Kong

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Patri Friedman received a BS in math from Harvey Mudd College, an MS in computer science from Stanford University, and an MBA from Cardean University. While in school he experimented with technology startups, ran a small consulting business, and co-founded two intentional communities. He was a software engineer at Google from 2004-2008. Patri is the Founder & Chairman of The Seasteading Institute, a non-profit which seeks to build cities on the ocean to experiment with diverse political systems. He is also CEO of Future Cities Development Inc, a startup working to build innovative new cities in partnership with countries such as Honduras. Patri is on the board of Humanity+ and co-created Breakthrough Philanthropy with Peter Thiel.

Mr. Friedman will also present at Humanity+ Hong Kong on the same weekend.

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[qborg69]

Interesting ideas. In a way seasteading has already started by creating arificial islands e.g. the miniature world in Dubai or the airport near Tokio.

[MrAdvancedAtheist]

Friedman's comparison between government and technology makes no sense. Institutions which have existed for a long time and more or less get the job done show that they work, not that they have become obsolete. Hans-Hermann Hoppe even argues that from his libertarian perspective, we might have made a mistake by abandoning monarchy, definitely an ancient form of government, in favor of the allegedly more "modern" form of democracy.