Videos

THE FIRST SEASTEADERS 4: Living the Life

by Carly Jackson
2019-03-08

The first small step to humanity’s future on the seas has been taken. Are you ready to make the leap and live free on the sea? In Episode 4, Chad… Read More »THE FIRST SEASTEADERS 4: Living the Life

THE FIRST SEASTEADERS 3: Lifting the Stead

by Carly Jackson
2019-03-06

The hits keep coming for our seasteaders, Chad and Nadia, as they work to lift the platform on to the spar. In Episode 3: Lifting the Stead, carefully made plans… Read More »THE FIRST SEASTEADERS 3: Lifting the Stead

THE FIRST SEASTEADERS 2: Raising the Spar

by Carly Jackson
2019-03-04

Making history is not always smooth sailing for The First Seasteaders, Chad and Nadia. In Episode 2: Raising the Spar, they face the challenges of towing out a 20-meter-long spar… Read More »THE FIRST SEASTEADERS 2: Raising the Spar

THE FIRST SEASTEADERS 1: Facing the Storm

by Carly Jackson
2019-02-28

At the beginning of 2019, determined volunteers launched the first single-family seastead into international waters. Facing many obstacles, including the biggest storm to hit Thailand in nearly 60 years, these… Read More »THE FIRST SEASTEADERS 1: Facing the Storm

Seasteading! What about waves?

by Carly Jackson
2019-02-20

When a wave hits an iceberg, seals sleeping on it rarely feel it move. Floating oil rigs operate on the same principle. The submerged pontoons that support these floating societies are so heavy, workers often play ping pong on the high seas.

Seasteading! What About the Poor?

by Carly Jackson
2019-01-07

The huge, non-obvious beneficiary of seasteading is the poor. – The Seasteading Institute Co-founder Patri Friedman

Seastead Video Game, Jeff Bezos & Contest

by Joe Quirk
2019-01-062022-06-09

The new trailer for one of the most popular video games in the world climaxes with a seastead while the narrator calls for solutions to global challenges. It features a Polynesian voyaging canoe and what looks like a replica of our partner Blue21’s Floating Pavilion.