Is Seasteading “Beyond Democracy”? Ask author Frank Karsten
Does democracy enforce the will of the people? Who are “the people”? How does “will” get enforced? Is democracy how majorities enforce their will on minorities?
Joe Quirk
Agriculture Businessman Wants Aquaculture Revolution
Aquaculture is the future of food, and agriculture can make it happen.The Seasteading Institute has long maintained that the scientists researching the sustainability and profitably of seaweed need to work… Read More »Agriculture Businessman Wants Aquaculture Revolution
Geopolymer Concrete: The Stuff Seasteads Will Be Made of?
The day before I was going to speak at Libertopia, an engineer and writer named Michael Eliot came over and plunked a cube on the table in front of me.… Read More »Geopolymer Concrete: The Stuff Seasteads Will Be Made of?
Tom Woods interviews Joe Quirk: “This is one of my favorite conversations I’ve had.”
“This is one of my favorite conversations I’ve had, and this is episode number 363,” said Tom Woods at the end of his 20-minute conversation with me. “I personally think… Read More »Tom Woods interviews Joe Quirk: “This is one of my favorite conversations I’ve had.”
A Constitution for a Seastead?
Do you theorize about the laws that will govern seasteads? We invite you to share your insights on Discord, Telegram, or Reddit. Several legal scholars have designed what they consider… Read More »A Constitution for a Seastead?
TV documentary “Cybertopia – Dreams of Silicon Valley” features Seasteading
“If it’s up to Silicon Valley, we may soon be entering a new post-political era. But what might that Cybertopia– the alternative to Washington and Brussels– look like?” The tide… Read More »TV documentary “Cybertopia – Dreams of Silicon Valley” features Seasteading
Clear Principles Shine through Muddied Thinking in Salon Critique of Secessionists
“First they ignore you, then they laugh at you, then they fight you, then you win.” –Folk saying. The first loyalists are breaking ranks. First they ignored us, then they… Read More »Clear Principles Shine through Muddied Thinking in Salon Critique of Secessionists
National Geographic: Can the “Blue Revolution” Solve the World’s Food Puzzle?
National Geographic featured a marvelous photo-essay about sea farming, announcing, “Aquaculture has expanded about 14-fold since 1980 … exceeding beef production clearly for the first time.” “We call kelp the… Read More »National Geographic: Can the “Blue Revolution” Solve the World’s Food Puzzle?
Hit HBO Show “Silicon Valley” Climaxes with Seastead Cliffhanger
After a wacky episode filled with polite Satanists, polyamory, prepubescent bike gangs, Adderall-addled tween hackers, and uncontrollable self-driving cars, the hit HBO show Silicon Valley, produced by Mike Judge, climaxed with a… Read More »Hit HBO Show “Silicon Valley” Climaxes with Seastead Cliffhanger
German TV show Titel, Thesen, Temperamente announces Seasteaders as “Totalitarian.”
Audrey Stimson, Producer at ARD German Television, emailed us 10 times while requesting an interview, promising, “Millions of viewers will be watching.” We hosted her camera crew at Thiel Capital,… Read More »German TV show Titel, Thesen, Temperamente announces Seasteaders as “Totalitarian.”
