Sentences with word «seasteading»

The idea has its parallels in Western thought, with the recent statement by Larry Page that he wanted to «set aside a part of the world» for unregulated experimentation, and to an even greater extent with the recently popular concept of seasteading.

In their initial incarnation, seasteading communities would probably rely on existing technologies, Petrie expects.

Inevitably, a proposal as wildly utopian as seasteading has its naysayers.

The institute's FAQ page openly encourages American seasteaders to renounce their citizenship to avoid taxes on income and capital gains acquired while seasteading.

Other seasteading settlers might band together from the beginning and contribute to the establishment of a «mother ship,» a floating hub with shops, supplies, and infrastructure.

He said he was known for supporting fringe views in areas such as life extension and seasteading, but his support of Trump «was the first time I've done something big in my life that was just what half the country believed in.

A design study for the Seasteading Institute, a group co-founded by Thiel that proposes to build floating cities beyond the reach of existing governments.Anthony Ling — The Seasteading Institute

A second notorious Thiel charity is the Seasteading Institute, which he co-founded in 2008 with the aim of launching floating cities outside the reach of existing governments.

A design study for the Seasteading Institute, a group co-founded by Thiel that proposes to build floating cities beyond the reach of existing governments.

The Thiel Foundation has pledged «up to to $ 1,000,000» to the Seasteading Institute, whose stated purpose is «to enable seasteading communities — floating cities — which will allow the next generation of pioneers to peacefully test new ideas for government.»

Given the interest in offshoring business and assets among the ultra rich technorati, it seems unlikely that congress would ultimately be able to pin down tax liability, labor rules or much else if these companies decide to exercise their technical genius to seastead, build a jungle city, or find a nice island to operate from.

And he co-founded the Seasteading Institute, which aims to create cities that float at sea, beyond the reach of governments and their laws.

In a few weeks, I'm heading to Ephemerisle — the Seasteading Institute's first annual anarcho - capitalist convocation on the high seas.

George Petrie of the Seasteading Institute, set up to build ocean - going communities, explains why the life aquatic is the future for humanity

In a 50 - page study [pdf] first released in 2011, the Seasteading Institute rated the ocean's most promising locations and focused on two development scenarios.

The Seasteading Institute's Keenan is unconcerned.

An island nation is nothing without its island, and the task of creating one has fallen to the Seasteading Institute's director of engineering, George Petrie, an expert in offshore engineering and retired professor of naval architecture at the Webb Institute in Glen Cove, New York.

In a paper titled «Governing Seasteads: An Outline of the Options,» published on the Seasteading Institute's website, research associate Brad Taylor argues that «attempting to anticipate concrete rules is pointless and against the spirit of seasteading, since we will only learn what works through trial and error.»

Much of this research is aimed at countering the seasteading movement's antecedents, which Friedman concedes were less than practical.

Today Friedman is a leading proponent of the seasteading movement, an effort to create permanent floating communities in international waters that would allow «the next generation of pioneers to peacefully test new ideas of government,» he says.

The Seasteading Institute study also ranked locations based on average wind speeds, air temperatures, and the possibility of pirate attacks.

With Thiel's help, Friedman launched the Seasteading Institute, a research - oriented nonprofit, in 2008.

«If you join a city and you don't like the way it's going, you can float away and join a different city,» says Michael Keenan, former president of the Seasteading Institute.

Last year two members of the Seasteading Institute took the first step, founding a for - profit start - up called Blueseed.

Much like the elder Friedman's economics, seasteading takes a Darwinian approach.

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