Seasteading

By Joe Quirk

Subjects: City-states, City-states -- Economic aspects, Artificial islands -- Economic aspects, Urbanization, Marine engineering, Artificial islands, Marine resources, Offshore structures, Forecasting, Economic aspects

Description: "What if ... the way to decrease ocean pollution is to increase ocean populations? ... the way to decrease the number of wars is to increase the number of countries? ... the way to discover political solutions is to empower your political enemies? ... we don't need to fight when we can float? ... it's easier to float than fly? ... we built civilization in the wrong place? ... you could create your own microcountry at sea?"--Page [ix].