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World’s First Floating City To Emerge In The Pacific Ocean By 2020, And Here’s How The Life Will Look On It
The concept of floating cities may sound like something from a science fiction novel, but it could become a reality by 2020. Seasteading Institute, a San Francisco-based nonprofit has been developing this idea since the foundation of the organization in 2008, and it has reached an agreement with the government of French Polynesia to begin testing in its waters.
Floating cities are no longer science fiction
Seasteading Institute, a San Francisco-based nonprofit has been developing this idea since the foundation of the organization in 2008
It has reached an agreement with the government of French Polynesia to begin testing in its waters
“If you could have a floating city, it would essentially be a start-up country”
“We can create a huge diversity of governments for a huge diversity of people”
The community in question should consist of about a dozen structures, including homes, hotels, offices, and restaurants
Engineers and architects have already visited an undisclosed location where the project should emerge
The main aim of the idea is to “liberate humanity from politicians” and “rewrite the rules that govern society”
Building this utopian offshore will cost about $167 million
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