Quirk, Joe

Seasteading : how floating nations will restore the environment, enrich the poor, cure the sick, and liberate humanity from politicians Joe Quirk with Patri Friedman - New York : Free Press, c2017. - xv, 366 p. : col. ill. ; 24 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 305-345) and index.

"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]

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Forecasting
Artificial islands--Economic aspects
City-states--Economic aspects
Marine resources
Urbanization

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