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Free Cities Podcast

057 - Joe Quirk: Seasteading, Evolutionary Psychology & The Surveillance State

Dec 22, 2023
01:21:52

Seasteading, Flotels, Aquapreneurs, Evolutionary Psychology, Climate Change, Burning Man, Surveillance State, Distributed Problem Solving, Underwater Hotels.


Timothy Allen talks with Joe Quirk.

I really enjoy my conversations with Joe. The first time I met him was at our conference two years ago when I interviewed him for a film and it was instantly obvious that he is a great orator and overall extremely interesting guy.  

This is a light hearted conversation about Seasteading. Joe is the president of the Seasteading Institute and extremely knowledgeable on the subject. I mean, from who else could I learn exciting new words such as flotel, coralcrete, aquapreneurs and seavilisation? If you listen to this podcast regularly, you’ll know how much I love new words.

However, this conversation is also about the human condition and how best to use our innate ingenuity to stay as free as we can as individuals.

I really enjoyed this discourse and in particular,  Joe’s takes on the world. He makes fascinating observations about this particular moment in history and I sincerely hope that they can help you understand your own path forward.

I wish you all a very wonderful Christmas if that’s something you are choosing to celebrate in the coming days.  

Enjoy the conversation.


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TIMESTAMPS

00:30 - Introduction.

05:29 - Joe’s bibliography.

10:27 - Evolutionary psychology, emotions, and their relation to Seasteading.

16:10 - Burning man, temporary cities and distributed problem solving.

23:06 - Opening your mind to the potential of Seasteading.

28:38 - Seasteading and its potential to solve global problems.

35:43 - Thai prototype and the nomadic Bajau sea gypsies.

39:52 - Potential for evading state control.

44:36 - Subcultures that already live at sea.

48:55 - Cruise ship governance.

56:10 - Defining the legal classification of Seasteading.

01:01:57 - Seasteading design and regulation.

01:08:35 - Seasteading as a solution for climate change.

01:16:37 - The future of governance.


TWITTER:

Joe Quirk: https://twitter.com/joequirkexults

Timothy Allen: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://twitter.com/MrTimothyAllen⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

Free Cities Foundation: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://twitter.com/freecitiesfound⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠


OTHER LINKS:

The Seasteading Institute: https://www.seasteading.org/

Joe's Books: http://tinyurl.com/4zhdejtz

Free Cities Foundation: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://free-cities.org/⁠

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