2024-11-14T17:21:17-05:00 https://archinect.com/news/article/150062435/what-s-new-with-the-promise-of-the-floating-city Alexander Walter 2018-05-01T16:13:00-04:00 >2018-05-01T16:13:58-04:00 <img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/st/stejeci5cr70fxyg.png?fit=crop&auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=1200" border="0" /><em><p>A plan to build a platform in a tropical lagoon caught heat from locals, and a campaign stoked by opposition politician Valentina Cross swept away their proposals for an inaugural colony. In February, the Tahitian government stated publicly that an agreement with the Seasteading Institute in 2017 was now outdated and non-binding. [...] That leaves the Institute, and their movement, once again at sea, shopping for a new host nation willing to take on a partnership.</p></em><br /><br /><p>In her article for <em>CityLab</em>, writer Hettie O'Brien looks into the <a href="https://archinect.com/news/tag/28311/seasteading-institute" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Seasteading Institute</a>'s promise of a&nbsp;libertarian offshore utopia in Polynesia and the challenges the movement has been facing recently.</p> https://archinect.com/news/article/101096460/for-libertarian-utopia-float-away-on-startup-nation Alexander Walter 2014-06-04T15:22:00-04:00 >2018-01-30T06:16:04-05:00 <img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/f6/f60e4d3554ad74c6ae4a3574f1860139?fit=crop&auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=1200" border="0" /><em><p>As dawn breaks over the Gulf of Fonseca, southeast of El Salvador, Patri Friedman sets out for a jog. He trots past domed hothouses filled with fruit trees and feels the sidewalk sway gently underfoot as a tugboat chugs by with a floating apartment building in tow. The year is 2024, and Friedman lives on a so-called seastead, a waterbound city of some 1,000 people who produce their own food, their own energy and -- most important -- their own laws.</p></em><br /><br /><p>Previously:</p><ul><li><p><a href="http://archinect.com/news/article/48002291/obscenely-rich-tech-folk-are-still-building-their-island-utopia-off-the-coast-of-san-francisco" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Obscenely Rich Tech Folk Are Still Building Their Island Utopia Off The Coast of San Francisco</a></p></li><li><p><a href="http://archinect.com/news/article/17174240/paypal-founder-invests-1-25-million-to-create-floating-micro-countries" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Paypal Founder Invests $1.25 Million to Create Floating Micro-Countries</a></p></li></ul> https://archinect.com/news/article/17174240/paypal-founder-invests-1-25-million-to-create-floating-micro-countries yukaroni 2011-08-17T08:51:00-04:00 >2024-01-23T19:16:08-05:00 <img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/se/setqjmav33ifwtgq.jpg?fit=crop&auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=1200" border="0" /><em><p>Peter Thiel is known for having big ideas before everyone else - he launched Paypal, funded Facebook, and is now interested in building his very own start-up countries in the far off, open ocean. The self-made billionaire is working closely with the Seasteading Institute to create sovereign nations in international waters, free from the laws of any country.</p></em><br /><br /><p> PayPal founder <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Thiel" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Peter Thiel</a>&nbsp;is working closely with the <a href="http://seasteading.org/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Seasteading Institute</a> to create sovereign nations in international waters, free from the laws of any country.</p>