The next season of the Seasteading Today podcast will begin on July 16, starting with a conversation with Dr. Mary Ruwart, author of Death by Regulation. Dr. Ruwart makes the argument that the Food and Drug Administration’s regulations have added dramatic costs to drug development without improving the safety and effectiveness of drugs available toRead more
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Seasteading is a source of optimism for many people on the islands.
oil rigs and cruise ships are safe from pirates, and seasteads will be, too. There’s a flourishing industry of private security firms protecting thousands of ships on the ocean right now. They are far better equipped than pirates, and pirates have never boarded a ship with a private security team.
From left: Egor Ryjikov, Thierry Nhunfat, Joe Quirk, Karina Czapiewska, Randolph Hencken, Jean Christophe Bouissou, Montgomery Kosma, Suzanne Dokupil, Greg Delaune, Marc Collins, Michel Monvoisin, Chris Muglia, & Nicolas Germineau SAN FRANCISCO — On Friday, January 13, The French Polynesian government officially signed an historic agreement with nonprofit The Seasteading Institute to cooperate on creatingRead more
I am writing this blog from Bora Bora, where an international team of nine seasteading delegates* has convened to explore the opportunities for developing innovative sustainable floating islands in the protected atolls and harbors of this tropical nation. This Friday, September 16th, our delegation will formally present a proposal for a seastead to French PolynesianRead more
Fact-finding & Diplomatic Floating City Project Mission Last month we took a delegation of architects and engineers to an undisclosed location on a fact-finding and diplomatic mission for our Floating City Project with the intention of locating the first floating city in the sea nearby. Our diplomatic efforts are going well. We are discussing a scenario thatRead more
Bloomberg Television anchor Pimm Fox interviewed Patri Friedman, Chairman of The Seasteading Institute, and Randolph Hencken, the Executive Director, and asked about “a technology and business convergence that would permit [seasteads] to actually be built.”Read more
The first floating city with significant political autonomy may be established by 2020. The Seasteading Institute is proud to announce the release of our long-awaited Floating City Project report. Our key findings are: a market for a residential seastead exists, a practical design can be built to match the market’s price point, and it isRead more
Top five things to know about the floating city project.Read more
Help us pay for the innovative engineering design we’re contracting to our partners at DeltaSync!Read more