Patri Friedman, The Seasteading Institute (Breakthrough Philanthropy)

Patri Friedman, founder of The Seasteading Institute, which believes that governments could be far more diverse and innovative. Currently, there is no open space for political experimentation, which is why we work every day towards opening the oceans as the next frontier for human civilization. Ocean cities will function as "startup countries", competing to find the political and social systems of the future. Current projects include research into engineering, law, business models, and locations, as well as building a global movement of seasteaders, all directed towards the audacious goal of seeing the first seasteads this decade. www.seasteading.org

From Breakthrough Philanthropy, an evening catalyzing radical advances in technology to address humanity's greatest challenges, Dec 7th, 2010, in San Francisco. For more info, see the event Facebook page: http://www.facebook.com/breakthroughphilanthropy?v=app_4949752878

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• Thiel Foundation
• Breakthrough Philanthropy
• Patri Friedman
• Seasteading Institute
• Seasteading

[ErikMartin81]

@benjammmincarson That's been attempted by libertarians for generations, with little to no effect. It's time for a new approach. Do you think the European colonists and pioneers should have remained subjects of the European monarchies instead of seeking liberty by homesteading in America?

[SuperAtheist]

one enormous problem - current governments don't like competition and they don't play fair.

[BLARGHALT]

I liked this idea better when it was called the script to Bioshock.

[furyofbongos]

I don't like conflating the word government with the words company or industry. The definition of government is the right to initiate violence against anyone inside a geographical area.

Government is a despicable thing. Company or industry means voluntary interaction -- no violence at all (of course, unless they are inside one of these geographical areas, which means they are subject to the violence of government).

[matchbox555]

anyone who lives on one of these should lose their U.S citizenship and be denied entry into the U.S

[kev3d]

@kktwist3 Either desalinization or, like Singapore, buy it and pipe it in from another country via undersea pipes.

[kev3d]

@matchbox555 Also a place to gamble, to live with potentially low to no taxes, a place to try different medicines that haven't yet gotten approval in other nations (or even a place to do the research itself), engage in financial transactions with little to no government interference...all depending upon the adopted model of governance. It may very well be a place where particular religious or non-religious people may live under certain conditions.

[chosenmachine]

The way it's looking the future car of capitalism might yet be a horse.

[matchbox555]

what can you do on a floating country that you cant do in america ?

it will just become a place to take drugs and bang whores legally

[liberalgamer4]

@FilmmakerRyan thats because andrew ryan is based off of ayn rand. And this project was influenced by her.

[goodgoodgoodful]

They can create a floating island from great pacific garbage patch. Just a strange idea, though.

[Madfoot713]

@VolcanicPenguin "Try making more money off of linux than windows."

Netbooks.