Peter Thiel, founder of PayPal "has been a big backer of the Seasteading Institute, which seeks to build sovereign nations on oil rig-like platforms to occupy waters beyond the reach of law-of-the-sea treaties. The idea is for these countries to start from scratch--free from the laws, regulations, and moral codes of any existing place."
What could possibly go wrong?
Yesterday's outrageous plot for Bioshock is tomorrow's reality. I wonder if they'll call it "Rapture."
H/T Sean Dailey (check out his awesome magazine, Gilbert)
Fascinating. I actually kind of hope they succeed - it would be interesting to see what happens. That's assuming of course that they don't all turn into mutant baby killers.
ReplyDeleteI love the idea that they want "looser building codes" on a giant man-made floating island. While the whole thing is sinking, they can comfort themselves by saying, "But the market shall provide correction!"
ReplyDeleteFor sure - I seem to remember a storyline involving leaky pipes?
ReplyDeleteAt the very least they're going to want a strict "Call before you dig!" program. Plumbers will likely be highly paid individuals.