If residents can move their homes, how does that change the power of those who govern them? Joe Quirk explores seasteading through floating communities, Ocean Builders and governance by consent, bringing questions of political freedom down to the practical business of building at sea.
"We've lived this life. My dad has. And my grandfather before him. We're sure of where we want to take it. It's not just dreams. It's grounded in reality. We've got a plan of how to get there. Now we just need to go and do it."
"The film is not necessarily a sad story about someone dying. It's about someone that had this dream that they believed in more than life itself, quite literally. He was quite happy to die for this dream, for what might have happened."
"The golden age of voluntarism, anarcho-capitalism has already emerged. It's all over two-thirds of the Earth's surface. It's completely flourishing. It's long since entered its golden age. We've already proved that it works because it emerged naturally on the sea. It's called the cruise ship industry."
"If I can sell someone something to buy, they might buy it. If you can sell someone something that they can live in, they're likely to buy it. If you can sell someone something that they can live in and also generates passive income for them, they're very likely to buy it."
“We didn’t design a boat. We designed an apartment and made it float.”
"We're still at the very early stages. This is a new frontier . This is unlike anything we've ever done before on the planet. This is a whole new way of living that's just starting, it's at the very early stages and we're trying to figure out the right mix to make it work. It's kind of like designing Disneyland for...
"On the ocean there is no way to get a monopoly on governance . You need static land on which you can win a war and climb to the top of that bloody heirarchy and control other people. On the ocean, if people can move around then governance becomes a product and the only way you can prosper is by serving customers."
"People are completely persuaded by monopoly governance. They're brainwashed with it. It's coming for us. It's coming for free people. It's coming fast, it's coming hard and it's not hiding its agenda. So this is where I want to argue with all my colleagues. We don't want one Próspera here. We don't want a dozen Pr...
"There are a lot of countries and cities that are worried about the sea level rise and are investing a lot of money into research and development for floating extensions of their cities. The Netherlands already does this. The technology to build floating cities is being developed regardless of Seasteading. I'm just...
