Episode
Part One: The Not-At-All-Sad History of Libertarian Sea Nations
1:24:38
Published: Tue Nov 30 2021
Description
Robert is joined by David Bell to discuss the history of Libertarian Boat Cities.FOOTNOTES: https://thebaffler.com/salvos/the-billionaires-fantasia https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2020/jun/24/seasteading-a-vanity-project-for-the-rich-or-the-future-of-humanity https://www.theguardian.com/world/2000/may/06/duncancampbell https://www.wired.com/1997/10/a-boat-a-city-and-a-high-tech-waterworld/ https://inthesetimes.com/article/floating-utopias https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/prince-lazarus-rules-the-waves-1157051.html https://theweek.com/articles/482427/libertarian-island-billionaires-utopia https://www.hakaimagazine.com/features/the-quest-for-a-floating-utopia/ https://www.theguardian.com/news/2021/sep/07/disastrous-voyage-satoshi-cryptocurrency-cruise-ship-seassteading https://www.seasteading.org/convert-cruise-ships-to-seasteads/ Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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