Homesteading is the default means of expansion into a previously uninhabited territory. The question is if that would be allowed to happen on the high seas befo

Homesteading is the default means of expansion into a previously uninhabited territory. The question is if that would be allowed to happen on the high seas before space. This woman, Kristina Gjerde, was giving a talk at TED about the UN landgrab (called "making law on the sea"). http://www.ted.com/talks/kristina_gjerde_making_law_on_the_high_seas.html http://www.ted.com/talks/kristina_gjerde_making_law_on_the_h... It's fascinating to watch this sort of mind at work; the consternation that political authority does not extend everywhere yet, and how to work to accomplish it. If humanity is to become more civilized, there has to be a space for alternative political systems to develop.