Elizabeth Barrette (ysabetwordsmith) wrote,
Elizabeth Barrette
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Floating the Notion of Independence

These folks may or may not succeed in creating a eutopian society. However, considering how much the ocean is likely to expand, we really should look into ways of living there.

Live Free or Drown: Floating Utopias on the Cheap
Anyone can build a game-changing social-network platform or a virtual community or a set of open APIs. But the people here want to start a nonmetaphorical revolution by creating their own independent nations. In the middle of the ocean. On prefab floating platforms.
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  • 3 comments
browngirl

browngirl

January 20 2009, 15:08:05 UTC 12 years ago

I will have to read this, if only to see what they plan to do about hurricanes and other bad weather.
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Thoughts

ysabetwordsmith

January 20 2009, 18:48:19 UTC 12 years ago

Yes, I'd be worried about that design parameter myself. Historically, there are two options: 1) Japanese style: build with lightweight, biodegradable materials (bamboo, rice paper, etc.) and count on replacing everything periodically. 2) Egyptian style: build with stone and count on scrubbing all of it periodically. In both cases, you move the population out of the way to some safe place and return after the danger has passed. For an ocean habitat, I'd consider submersible lifepods or a deep bunker, since weather disturbances affect mainly the surface yardage of water.
fayanora

fayanora

January 21 2009, 01:34:21 UTC 12 years ago

David Brin predicted this trend in his novel "Earth."