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Always found seasteading to be strange solution given the three poles of a) taking over the government or emir-ship of an existing island, b) building a geograp
by motohagiography 8y ago
Always found seasteading to be strange solution given the three poles of a) taking over the government or emir-ship of an existing island, b) building a geographically independent trading network not unlike a mafia or narco-paramilitaries with some anarcho-hedonist themed cruise ships, and c) starting a cult where converts do business with each other and resolve disputes using a ritualized parallel legal and taxation system.
Given these obvious precedents, it's difficult to see the problem seasteading solves.
- dragonwriter 8y agoSeasteading solves the problem that (1) requires and (2) and (3) historically have provoked conflict with the armed (military or law enforcement) forced of existing nation-states they seek to displace or operate within. Seasteading doesn't obviously share that problem yet (which may just be because it's not been done enough and at large enough scale for have provoked notable responses.)
- DennisP 8y agoAt scale, it solves more basic physical problems, by providing massive amounts of seafood and biofuel while also sequestering large amounts of carbon. Being able to experiment with new forms of government, and having the economic boost from a few hundred new Hong Kongs would be nice bonuses.