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[On Cheryl Cline’s acerbic and always amusing blog](http://cherylcline.wordpress.com/2009/07/09/original-thinking/):

> Permit me a little whining: why does everyone ask the same questions, and act as if they’re the first to ever think of such objections? Here’s a few examples…

> Question: Seasteading—the idea of living on floating platforms and ships in the ocean—is a novel approach to starting new governments, or just to life in general. But won’t you be raped and killed by pirates?

> Answer: I’m glad you asked.

This is by [Danny Wallace](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Danny_Wallace_(humorist)), a British Comedian, who had a TV show about trying to start a Micronation in London called [How To

Wed: Yale – good. Had dinner w/ ~12 students beforehand, ~25 came to talk (during midterms week, not bad). Seemed to like it. Several enthusiasts who want to come to Ephemerisle. New parts of talk (what does TSI do, ranting about libertarianism) went over pretty well. Should have an MP3 up sometime.

Thu: NYC. Met w/ book agent, I got the feeling she gets pitched at a lot. She had some good advice – the wider the potential audience, the more publishers will be interested, and pioneering will sell better than politics.