Night Moves: "Seasteading: The Future of Freedom" at Temple University

The Web site for the award-winning alternative weekly, the Philadelphia City Paper.

0 comments

Night Moves: "Seasteading: The Future of Freedom" at Temple University

POSTED: Thursday, April 9, 2009, 9:37 PM
Filed Under: End of Days | Night Moves

Don't know what to do tonight? Don't worry, we've got you covered.

Wendy Sitler-Roddier
Hi, future. You look kinda wet.

Unfortunately, the whole living-on-the-moon thing that Scientific American and NASA have been teasing the world about for years now is, well, at a standstill. (A four-legged robot named Roony will be moving in soon, though, which is pretty cool.) Thankfully, the fringies have thought up another unexplored place to inhabit — in our very own backyard! I'm talking about the seas, people. The plan is to start a nifty little government system, too, which they describe as less like the cell phone industry and more like Web 2.0. It goes something like this: "Many small governments serve many niche markets, a dynamic system where small groups experiment, and everyone copies what works, discards what doesn't, and remixes the remainder to try again." Huh. S0 one part of town tries open borders, the other tries closed borders, and whichever works out best becomes the law of the land. Doesn't sound so bad in this day and age, now does it? They're accepting applications for the next boat out — er, holding a lecture on seasteading — tonight.


Thu., April 9, 6-9 p.m., free, Temple University Tuttleman Hall, Room 301, 13th St. & Montgomery Ave., seasteading.org

Posted by Holly Otterbein @ 9:37 PM  Permalink | Post a comment
0 comments
Comments  (0)


About this blog
Here at The Naked City, you'll find breaking news, analysis, gossip and surprises about everything from crime and politics to the beating pulse of city life itself. We're good listeners, too:

Daniel Denvir: daniel.denvir@citypaper.net

Ryan Briggs: ryan.briggs@citypaper.net

Samantha Melamed: samantha@citypaper.net

The Naked City on Twitter: @CPNakedCity @danieldenvir @rw_briggs @samanthamelamed

Topics:
Blog archives:
Past Archives: