Libertarians to Colonize the Oceans

Socrates II — 5/22/2008 1:45:06 PM (archived)

Peter Thiel Makes Down Payment on Libertarian Ocean Colonies

Wired May 19, 2008

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With a $500,000 donation from
PayPal founder Peter Thiel, a Google
engineer and a former Sun
Microsystems programmer have
launched The Seasteading Institute,
an organization dedicated to
creating experimental ocean
communities "with diverse social,
political, and legal systems."
Artist's conception of a large
seastead based on the spur design...

http://www.kurzweilai.net/email/newsRedirect.html?newsID=8730&m=25748

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Libertarians to Colonize the Oceans - Socrates II - 5/22/2008 1:45:06 PM
- Good grief. At least the ones here just want to go to space. (n/t) - ER - 5/22/2008 7:47:13 PM
  - But obviously... - Socrates II - 5/22/2008 11:25:53 PM
    - "Just waiting to be used"... - nick hoffman - 5/23/2008 3:54:23 AM
      - Exactly - Socrates II - 5/23/2008 1:36:15 PM
    - If Bussard's design pans out, we'll be seeing a lot of interesting developments. - Lee - 5/23/2008 2:57:22 AM
- Already happening. - Lee - 5/22/2008 6:25:27 PM
  - AArgh, me hearties... - ER - 5/22/2008 7:45:29 PM
    - Wouldn't be easy. - Lee - 5/22/2008 9:05:04 PM
- The idea is to privatize the ocean, and charge us a toll to use it. (n/t) - ER - 5/22/2008 5:42:25 PM
  - Nothing anywhere in the article hints at anything like that. (n/t) - TB - 5/24/2008 12:52:28 AM
    - Good grief, Tom, did you really think I was serious? - ER - 5/24/2008 11:54:28 PM
- What do you call a few hundred Libertarians in the middle of the ocean....? - ARRELL - 5/22/2008 3:42:53 PM
  - What do you call a few hundred Libertarians in the middle of the ocean....? - ER - 5/22/2008 5:35:36 PM

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