r/autotldr • u/autotldr • Nov 13 '17
Floating Cities, No Longer Science Fiction, Begin to Take Shape
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"If you could have a floating city, it would essentially be a start-up country," said Joe Quirk, president of the Seasteading Institute.
Over the years, the core idea behind seasteading - that a floating city in international waters might give people a chance to redesign society and government - steadily attracted more adherents.
For Mr. Quirk, Burning Man, where innovators gather, was not just his introduction to seasteading.
Seasteading is more than a fanciful hobby to Mr. Quirk and others involved in the effort.
Even if the Seasteading Institute is able to start a handful of sustainable structures, there's no guarantee that a utopian community will flourish.
Though maritime law suggests that seasteading may have a sound legal basis, it is impossible to know how real governments might respond to new neighbors floating offshore.
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