After a weekend of exquisite fun in Silicon Valley, I was reminded to read the book that outlines one of my favourite projects happening right now. Building cities on the high seas has been a passion of mine ever since hearing about it on TV at age 10. Hopefully, that starry-eyed idealism won't die off through my somewhat jaded reads of the past few months.
The book completely describes the philosophy, economics, and some of the engineering underlying the seasteading project, as well as some real-life news regarding the whole ordeal. However, conspicuously short is the aspect of international law and the recognition of a seasteading jurisdiction - something that I've been reading on for quite some time. This needs a sequel.
It's sort of appropriate that the book has the open sea on the title, rather than a city floating on it. I respect everybody in the project and what they're doing, but the truth is they have little to show for the several years of the seasteading project. The sequel should have a city on the sea as a cover, and practical how-to instructions on legal, security and other concerns.
8/10