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- Title
O Pioneers!
- Authors
Kean, Sam
- Abstract
This article reports on the plan of the Seasteading Institute to build floating platforms in the U.S. upon which pioneers can launch their own autonomous states on the high seas. Wayne Gramlich and Patti Friedman, co-founders of the institute, believe that seasteading will let those who favor small government experiment with different governing styles. Buoyed by a $500,000 private donation, the institute plans to set a prototype sailing off the coast of San Francisco, California. It is noted that seasteads could dock together and float in tandem, forming futuristic Venices, or they could operate independently.
- Subjects
UNITED States; POLITICAL autonomy; OFFSHORE structure design &; construction; PIONEERS; ALTERNATIVE social movements; GRAMLICH, Wayne; FRIEDMAN, Patti; PROTOTYPES
- Publication
American Scholar, 2008, Vol 77, Issue 4, p18
- ISSN
0003-0937
- Publication type
Article