Book description
In these “thought-provoking visions of the future” (The Wall Street Journal), Joe Quirk and Patri Friedman of the Seasteading Institute explain how ocean cities can solve many of our environmental, technological, and civic problems, and introduce the visionaries and pioneers who are now making seasteading a reality.
Our planet has…
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1 author picked Seasteading as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?
This book allows you to think radically about how to create new community and novel forms of governance.
To unshackle ourselves from a history of destructive governance, the idea of Seasteading is to start afresh, in territories not yet governed by anyone, those at sea.
The authors make a compelling case for a seemingly wild idea.
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