Seasteading
How Floating Nations Will Restore the Environment, Enrich the Poor, Cure the Sick, and Liberate Humanity from Politicians
$52.71
- Paperback
392 pages
- Release Date
20 March 2018
Summary
In these “thought-provoking visions of the future” (The Wall Street Journal), Joe Quirk and Patri Friedman of the Seasteading Institute explain how ocean cities can solve many of our environmental, technological, and civic problems, and introduce the visionaries and pioneers who are now making seasteading a reality.
Our planet has been suffering from serious environmental problems and their social and political consequences. But imagine a vast new source of sustainable and renewable e…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781451699272 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1451699271 |
| Author: | Joe Quirk, Patri Friedman |
| Publisher: | Simon & Schuster |
| Imprint: | Simon & Schuster |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 392 |
| Release Date: | 20 March 2018 |
| Weight: | 363g |
| Dimensions: | 211mm x 140mm x 30mm |
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Critics Review
“Today a new set of futurists is envisioning the next iteration of the floating city… . Quirk and Friedman’s book also serves as a manifesto for the movement.”
“This energetic and enthusiastic book gives a fascinating glimpse of the blue revolution to come, as human beings experiment with more sustainable ways of managing the biology of the sea - and experiment with more sustainable ways of living and governing ourselves as well, free from the constraints of land-based governments.”
About The Author
Joe Quirk
Joe Quirk serves as “Seavangelist” at the Seasteading Institute. He has taught at Lekha School of Creative Writing in San Jose and served as a freelance science humor consultant at Pixar. Quirk co-leads a team working to establish the first seastead with unprecedented political autonomy in the waters of a host nation. He lives in Oakland, California.
Patri Friedman founded The Seasteading Institute in 2008 with seed funding from PayPal founder Peter Thiel. He also founded the annual Ephemerisle floating festival. Friedman, the grandson of economist Milton Friedman, currently works at Google, runs a micro-venture capital fund, and lives with his family in San Jose, California.
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