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)
