#20 Seasteading Institute: Floating Cities 101 with Carly Jackson

Seasteads are floating, eco-restorative, politically autonomous communities in the middle of the ocean. The Director of Development of the Seasteading Institute (Carly Jackson) joins Campfire to discuss the Seasteading through practical, technological, and legal lenses. 

Topics Covered: 

• Introduction to Seasteading — (2:00)
• The History of Seasteading — (2:54)
• The Fans of Seasteading — (3:57)
• Carly’s Interest in Seasteading — (6:17)
• The Technology behind Seasteading — (7:55)
• The Various Approaches to Seasteading—  (10:31)
• What Seasteading Communities Could Produce — (12:42)
• What the Seasteading Institute Does and Seasteading Autonomy — (15:28)
• Countries and Flagging Registries — (18:35)
• Panama’s Flagging Registry — (19:55)
• Pirates and Safety — (20:55)
• Seasteading Design — (24:50)
• Product Cities — (27:00)
• O-Tech Core Technologies — (27:57)
• The Size of Seasteading Communities — (28:40)
• The Eight Great Moral Imperatives of Seasteading — (29:35)

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Episode Links: 

Carly on LinkedIn

Seasteading Today Podcast (Spotify)

The Seasteading Institute on Twitter 

The Seasteading Institute’s Website

Episode Credit:

Hosted by @JacksonSteger

Sound Engineering by @Prodcolin

Videos and Clips by @McdonnellCallum 

Produced by @PhilippeIze

Distribution by @Alisonclaire and @PhilippeIze