What exactly is seasteading? Who among us has not looked at the current dysfunctional state of political systems and wished, "If only there were a deserted island where we could start over again". The bad news is there are no deserted islands that are not claimed by a jurisdiction, so the only way to have one is to build your own. That's what the seasteading community is hoping to facilitate. We don't pretend to have the answers to how that island will be governed. We are trying to set up a laboratory that other people can use to do those experiments, to home in on the best sets of rules. It's like the communes of the 1960s: we're going to start with a bunch of like-minded individuals and create our own paradise. That probably sounds terribly retro, but I think that's where the populist appeal stems from; it's that same yearning.
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