“Seasteads are man-made islands that float permanently on the ocean with any measure of a political autonomy. They would essentially be startup societies where people could form whatever kind of community they wanted.” PeopleKindPoliticalCommunityOceanAutonomy Author:Joe Quirk
“Nearly half the earth's surface is unclaimed by any country, so seasteads would be startup countries on the blue frontier. Patri Friedman is a Google engineer and theorist of political economy who realized that if society floated, it would completely change the nature of governance itself. If seasteads are modular and can be moved about, allowing people to choose new societies, we'd create a market of governance providers, competing to attract residents.” PeopleCountryPoliticalEconomyMovedGoogleCompeting Author:Joe Quirk
“Thinking about seasteading requires us to free ourselves of these broad political categories we're stuck with on land. People can make whatever community system they want on a seastead. What emerges will totally defy the broad categories we debate about now.” PeopleThinkingPoliticalCommunityDebateStuck Author:Joe Quirk