Ahoy mateys! Seasteading!

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<p>[Introducing</a> The Seasteading Institute | Seasteading Institute](<a href=“http://seasteading.org/stay-in-touch/press-releases/introducing-the-seasteading-institute]Introducing”>http://seasteading.org/stay-in-touch/press-releases/introducing-the-seasteading-institute)</p>

<p>Peter Thiel, a prominent venture capitalist of Paypal fame, has invested $500,000 in The Seasteading Institute (TSI). TSI is attempting to create and propagate a prototype of a seasteading home (basically a home in international waters).</p>

<p>Check out the FAQ:
[Seasteading:</a> A Practical Guide To Homesteading The High Seas](<a href=“http://seasteading.org/book_beta/faq.html]Seasteading:”>http://seasteading.org/book_beta/faq.html)</p>

<p>This project is very fascinating for several innovations:
-politics (international waters is government-free)
-technology [url=<a href=“http://www.wired.com/imageviewer/?imagePath=/images/article/full/2008/05/seastanding_630px.jpg&imageCaption=An+artist’s+conception+of+what+a+large+seastead+based+on+the+spur+design+could+look+like.+The+Seasteading+Institute+envisions+vast+clumps+of+these+structures+forming+city-states+in+the+open+ocean.<br><em>Illustration%3A+<a+href%3D"http%3A%2F%2Fisaacdesigns.blogspot.com"> Valdemar+Duran<%2Fa><%2Fem>&imageCredit=]wired.com[/url”>http://www.wired.com/imageviewer/?imagePath=/images/article/full/2008/05/seastanding_630px.jpg&imageCaption=An+artist’s+conception+of+what+a+large+seastead+based+on+the+spur+design+could+look+like.+The+Seasteading+Institute+envisions+vast+clumps+of+these+structures+forming+city-states+in+the+open+ocean.<br><em>Illustration%3A+<a+href%3D"http%3A%2F%2Fisaacdesigns.blogspot.com"> Valdemar+Duran<%2Fa><%2Fem>&imageCredit=]wired.com[/url</a>]
-economics (how will people interact in such radically different situations?)</p>

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<p>That is pretty freaking awesome.</p>

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<p>I don’t think people fully realize the implications if this project is successful. Either that or they don’t care about the future…</p>

<p>If this project is successful, expect government as we now know it to collapse as people can now choose their governments.</p>

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<p>And here are some corny jokes. Keep in mind that the people behind it are rich silicon valley type nerds. Also, they make their own laws.:</p>

<p>“What do you call the group of people who steal from the seasteaders?”
“Ocean’s 14”</p>

<p>“It’s like the polygamist compound. Except nobody’s getting laid.”</p>