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What brought the interest in seasteading on was reading Freedomnomics, and wondering just how hands off a government should be, and how one would construct a government to resist corruption as much as possible.
SeaSteading, And Founding Your Own Nation « Tai-Chi Policy 2008
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Of course, seasteading is only necessary because there’s no established way to perform a leveraged buyout of a sovereign state.
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Sunday, March 15, 2009 posted by has highlighted the idea of seasteading before; essentially, it consists of building massive towers in neutral waters and, effectively, setting up a new state.
The Devil's Kitchen 2009
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Friedman says the idea of seasteading has met a range of reactions.
CNN.com 2009
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At first I dismissed the idea of seasteading, of colonizing the seas to establish new nations in them.
elzr 2009
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Friedman says the idea of seasteading has met a range of reactions.
GeekLikeMe.net 2009
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He sees floating cities (aka seasteading) as a nice way to see ...
The Liberty Papers 2008
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Out of all the Structural Libertarians named in my last post, there is one counter-example to my claim that "It's policy all the way down": Patri Friedman's "seasteading" proposal.
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Meanwhile, on Earth, some folks suggest "seasteading" might learn us some invaluable lessons.
The Speculist: Will the Space Ark Have an In-Flight Movie? 2006
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So far as I am aware, pace Patri Friedman's "seasteading" project, we have yet to find a way of living that does not involve some contact with land - even boats have to moor somewhere once in a while.
Jock's Place 2009
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A longtime libertarian who dabbled in eccentric ideas like seasteading — artificial island communities in international waters far from governmental jurisdiction — and life extension, Thiel had made occasional forays into mainstream politics.
Peter Thiel Met With The Racist Fringe As He Went All In On Trump Rosie GrayBuzzFeed News Reporter 2020
uselessness commented on the word seasteading
Mark Twain, 1800's: "Buy land. They've stopped making it"
Seasteaders, 2003: "Memo: Production Resuming"
October 30, 2007
chained_bear commented on the word seasteading
Wow. That's just... wow.
October 30, 2007
john commented on the word seasteading
Derived, I presume, from British WWII Maunsell Forts, and their most famous offshoot, Sealand.
October 30, 2007
alexz commented on the word seasteading
spotted in the news 2017 - tech companies creating a colony in French Polynesia.
"The idea of seasteading – escaping the laws, regulations, and taxes of life on terra firma by establishing an outpost in international waters – has long enchanted libertarians." - The Guardian.
January 26, 2017