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reimagining civilization with floating communities
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Seasteading means building floating cities with significant political autonomy.
Nearly half the world’s surface is unclaimed by any nation-state, and many coastal nations can legislate seasteads in their territorial waters.
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The Seasteading Institute is a nonprofit organization.
We promote the creation of floating ocean cities as a revolutionary solution to some of the world’s most pressing problems: rising sea levels, overpopulation, poor governance, and more…
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