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So it appears as though Google is looking towards a future where they are an independent country, or at the very least free from regulation, visa-a-vis Seastead
by musashibaka 13y ago
So it appears as though Google is looking towards a future where they are an independent country, or at the very least free from regulation, visa-a-vis Seasteading.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seasteading http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seasteading
- minwcnt5 13y agoAnd interestingly, Patri Friedman used to work at Google...
- jasonwatkinspdx 13y agoPatri only worked on prediction markets at google, so far as I know, and left to spend more time on Seasteading and related projects. Source: he's a friend of a family member.
- jedc 13y agoEveryone's work on prediction markets at Google was a 20% project, so Patri would have had his main job doing something else.
- ef4 13y agoConsistent with this, too: http://www.theverge.com/2013/5/15/4334356/larry-page-wants-to-set-aside-a-part-of-the-world-for-experimentation http://www.theverge.com/2013/5/15/4334356/larry-page-wants-t...
- hristov 13y agoNo, this does not appear at all. It appears they want to save on real estate and cooling costs by having floating data centers. Google has owns so much real estate and immovable property in the US it is silly to suppose they are thinking of leaving the country just because they built a couple of barges.
- raverbashing 13y ago> It appears they want to save on real estate and cooling costs by having floating data centers. Is this really that expensive that's still advantageous considering the costs of a barge + electricity + data link to the sea + fuel + maintenance ?
- nandhp 13y agoNot only is cold seawater usable for cooling, but the article mentions the feasibility of using the sea for power generation.