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. Visit him at Seasteading.org.
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.
Visit him at Seasteading.org.
“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.”
*Matt Ridley, author of The Evolution of Everything*
“Really disruptive, definitely visionary, and even more proof
that tomorrow will look nothing like today. Seasteading
is a grand adventure in sustainability and possibility and it’s
definitely a trip worth taking!”
*Steven Kotler, author of The Rise of Superman, and coauthor of
Bold and Abundance*
"Seasteading provides some thought-provoking visions of the
future. Messrs. Quirk and Friedman introduce us to some very
interesting people experimenting with some very interesting
technologies, all having to do with living and working on the
sea.”
*The Wall Street Journal*
“Seasteading is an enormous opportunity for humanity. Not only will
these sea-based communities be able to try new sciences and
technology . . . they will allow new forms of community with a
fresh start, and an ability to experiment as to form. . . . Anyone
willing to work for a living can come and go from a seastead.
People can finally be citizens of the world.”
*Timothy Draper, founder of Draper Fisher Jurvetson*
“Passionate and convincing. The idea of individual sovereignty
could finally come true with floating ocean cities.”
*Titus Gebel, Founder & CEO of Free Private Cities Ltd.*
“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.”
*The New Republic*
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