In the hopes of rising above the laws and regulations of sublunar commonwealth , a grouping has bold plans to build up a blow urban center in Tahiti , French Polynesia . It might fathom a morsel like the start of a sci - fi dystopia ( in fact , this is the basic premise behind the video gameBioshock ) , but the Einstein behind the projection say their techno - libertarian community could become a paradise for technical entrepreneurship and scientific innovation .
The Seasteading Institutewas set up in 2008 by computer software engineer , poker instrumentalist , and political economic theoristPatri Friedman , with financial backing from billionaire PayPal founder Peter Thiel . Both ardent libertarians , their panoptic - eyed mission is to “ establish lasting , autonomous ocean communities to enable experiment and innovation with diverse societal , political , and effectual systems . "
“ Seasteading will make unique opportunity for aquaculture , perpendicular farming , and scientific and engineering research into ecology , undulation Department of Energy , medicine , nanotechnology , computing gadget scientific discipline , maritime construction , biofuels , etc , ” their website reads .
Their imagination consists of multiple reinforce concrete program , more or less 50 - by-50 meters ( 164 - by-164 feet ) in size each , out at sea . The platform will be able to sustain three - story buildings , along with parks , office , and apartments for mass to experience in . For starters , it will be home to at least 250 occupant . Ideally , the whole colony will also be powered by renewable energy too .
The small town will still need to play along international laws , but the institute hope to have minimum governmental rule , intend scientific research and entrepreneurship are not “ blockade ” by red tapeline .
“ Accelerating innovation is rapidly transforming the worldly concern : The Seasteading Institute will help bring more of that innovation to the public sphere , where it ’s vitally needed , ” Thiel boldly said in astatement .
“ X from now , those looking back at the start of the century will understand that Seasteading was an obvious step towards encouraging the development of more effective , virtual public - sphere models around the world . "
The Seasteading Institute has alreadyset up an agreement(PDF ) with the Gallic Polynesian government . By the end of this year , they have to provide the governing with studies on the environment and economical considerations of the metropolis , from which the government will reply with the appropriate legislative framework . Eventually , they will pretend as a “ host nation ” to the city .
Even those work on the labor say this is “ technically potential ” , although currently expensive and dauntingly difficult . Like many of these ambitious futuristic plan that hail with heaps of impressive creative person ’s depression , the whole thing could well just remain a pipe dream .
