The Seasteading Dream That Sank

What happens when Silicon Valley's "move fast and break things" ethos meets the law of the sea, the physics of open ocean, and the very real cost of marine infrastructure? This episode explores the seasteading movement — from Patri Friedman's vision of floating libertarian utopias to the $9 million Blueseed startup that never launched, the Republic of Minerva that Tonga annexed in three months, and the brutal economics of building platforms that cost $30-50 million for just 50 residents. The gap between "floating new nation" and "timeshare that moves" is the whole story.