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From: Sent: Monday, August 29, 2011 3:08 PM To: Jeffrey Epstein Subject: RE: FW: Sci Fi Cities. STAMPS? From: Jeffrey Epstein Imailto:jeevacation@gmai=.com] Sent: Monday, Au ust 29, 2011 1:18 AM To Subject: Re: FW: Sci Fi Cities. </=iv> it turns out first great reveneu is selling st=mps, to collectors that require ALL nations. On Mon, Aug 29, 2011at 6:28 AM, =rg> wrote: Just because Lowell mentioned you! J These things are super cool. <=span> From: Lowell Wood [mailt= >1 Sent: Sunday, August 28, 2011 9:05 PM To:</=> Cc: 'Bill Gates'; Boris Nikolic (BGC3) Su=ject: RE: Sci Fi Cities. Actually, as it turns =ut, the Somalis have pioneered really quite vigorously in recent years in =orming highly-active communities-at-sea, ones that support extensive entre=reneurial activities great distances from the nearest shore, moreover over=prolonged time-intervals. EFTA_R1_01693985 EFTA02542855 With another hat on, I've been peripherally involved in detectin= the existence-&-location of — and then 'interacting'= with -- such communities, which as-as-class have had utterly remarkable i=pacts on marine insurance rates in the western Indian Ocean! =span style=lont-family:Wingdings;color:R1F497D51L <=pan style='color:#1F497D'>Lowell PS. Indeed, these dirt-poor people have innovated remarkab=y swiftly — and in a highly-effective manner! Why= they've even attracted significant quantities of international vent=re capital (of a non-too-savory flavor, to be sure!) to enable their build=ng-out! :) In the abstract-&=-from a great remove, I do admire aspects of their derring-do! =(But then I was able to find a number of features of the Soviet system-of-=oing-things to likewise admire-out-loud — to the continuing fury-&am=;-despair of the far-too-many USG security officers assigned to my case...=:):0 If you were really-&-truly entrepreneurial, y=u'll pull-together a consortium that'd go out and lease a doze= war-surplus deep-sea drilling platforms, and deploy them in a line transe=ting a major marine-shipping lane in the deep ocean at a 24-mile pitch, just a shade less than twice the internationally-recognized "excl=sive control of offshore seas" margins of sovereign nations.<=:p> =/p> After declaring themselves to cons=itute the Sovereign Archipelago of Francis Drake (or perhaps 'Jeffrey Epstein'?), they could com=ence to charge tolls on all of the ocean-traffic passing through their mos=ly-'offshore' territories...which fees would likely accumulate=quickly to a tidy sum (e.g., one supporting the oh-so-swiftly build-out of=ever-more 'islands' of the Archipelago, their proliferation ac=oss other major sea-lanes, etc.). These tolls would naturally be priced at just a shade =ess than the total costs (fuel, time,...) of navigating around the Archipe=ago's territory. Correspondingly, I'd recommend em=lacement of the initial Archipelago across either the east- or-west entrywa= of the Straits of Malacca... titanic 'regrets' are involved i= avoiding the Straits in making the transit between the Persian Gulf and E=st Asia! * Of course, the income der=ved from licensing fishing, etc. in the "exclusive economic zones=21; of 200 mile radius around each such island would be additional...but t=ese could be employed to offset the substantial lawyers' bills, R=0;Washington representation" fees, etc., etc. that would be involved=in operating such an "instant sovereign!" <=pan style=ifont-family:Wingdings;color:#1F497EV>1 (And, to be sure, "The essence of sovereig=ty lies in its enforcement" — but the famous international arm= bazaars can instantly outfit-&-staff the navy of any newbie-among- nat=ons that has a reasonable line-of-credit...) 2 EFTA_R1_01693986 EFTA02542856 <=pan style='color:#1F497D'> Not sure this i= about autonomy? I'm=certain this would be better than life in Mogadishu. And probably cheaper&=8230; Think of all the coo= innovations that would follow — 1.=nbsp; D=salination would be easier and smaller 2.&=bsp; En=rgy requirements would be about the same but necessarily renewable<=:p> 3. Sanitation would totally change! 4. Health would matter since living in such tight quarters =eans communicable disease becomes real again (for everyone I think it would be cool to offer this u= to Somalia or somewhere desperate and see what happens.=/p> Rich people don't innovate as quickly!= From:=/span> Lowell Wood Irnailt i <mailto:=mailto Sent: Sunday, August 28, 2011 7:15 PM To: Cc: 'Bill Gates' Subje=t: RE: Sci Fi Cities. You're a practical =uy after my own heart, Boris — "Everyone&=8217;s allowed to dream about what they'll eventually do with=their dollars, as long as they contribute their pennies to our Good Causes=in the here-&-now!" Jl Lowell =/span> PS. ItR=7;s admittedly interesting to contemplate from a technical perspective how=such 'establishments' might gain Lebensraum in a genuin=ly-feasible manner, i.e., how both area and volume could be 'accumul=ted' at a feasible cost per hectare, per cubic meter, etc., so that =ndefinite expansion of a 'seedling' might be 'self-execu=ing'.... 3 EFTA_R1_01693987 EFTA02542857 &=bsp; From: Boris Nikolic imailto <mailto:Imailto Sen Ai: t 28, 2011 4:47 P= To: Bill Gates Cc: Lowell Wood Subject: RE: Sci Fi Cities. Importance: Low Some Libertarians tried to create these new community (=ith autonomous structure, no taxation and even own currency) — Since=islands can, under international law, only be claimed if they are at least=30 cm above the high tide point, some have even attempted to build soverei=n islands, like real-estate millionaire Michael Oliver's attempt at buildi=g a libertarian city-state called the Republic of Minerva in the southern =acific Ocean. Not sure how anyone could get significant autonomy.&nb=p; http://en.wikipedi=.org/wiki/Republic_of_Minerva <http://en.w=kipedia.org/wiki/Republic_of_Minerva> VP> We are still waiting for his reply=re October dinner in NYC <=iv> From: <mailtolmailto Sent: Sunday, August 28, 2011 4:24 PMTo: Bill Gates Cc: Boris Nikolic; Lowell Wood =/a>) Subject: Sci Fi Cities. Importance: Low Peter=Thiel's response to urban development. Neat to think about, cool pic=ures anyway. $1.25 million investment int= this (sketchy) organization on his part is probably too small to even bui=d one of these but at least he's trying! 4 EFTA_R1_01693988 EFTA02542858 What I think would be cool would be to try this in Africa. Even cancer=cells stop multiplying when you confine their space.1 Mission: To furt=er the establishment and growth of permanent, autonomous ocean communities= enabling innovation with new political and social systems. =p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;margin-bottom:l0.OpC=ine-height:115%'> <http://www.seasteading.orgh Floating cities: PayPal billionaire =tans to build a whole new libertarian colony off the coast of San Francisc= • Ocean state would have no w=lfare, no minimum wage, and few restrictions on weapons </=:p> • Platforms would house 270 people and hundreds could eventuall= join together PayPal-founder Peter Thiel was so inspired by Atlas Shru=ged - Ayn Rand's novel about free-market capitalism - that he's trying to =ake its title a reality. The Silicon Valley billionaire has funnelled $1.25millio= to the Seasteading Institute, an organisation that aspires to launch a fl=ating colony into international waters, freeing them and like-minded think=rs to live by libertarian ideals. Mr Thiel recently told Details magazine: 'The U=ited States Constitution had things you could do at the beginning that you=couldn't do later. So the question is, can you go back to the beginning of=things? How do you start over?' Life on the ocean wave: A design for one of the floating cities which=Peter Thiel wants to start constructing next year off the coast of San Fra=cisco Gr=en land: An aerial view of the city, complete with landcaped gardens. Mr T=iel believes many of the islands could eventually be joined together Design for living: This island even has a high-level helicopter pa=. The cities would be constructed on oil-rig like terminals <frp> The floating sovereign=nations that Mr Thiel imagines would be built on oil-rig-like platforms an=hored in areas free of regulation, laws, and moral conventions. The Seasteading Ins=itute says it will 'give people the freedom to choose the government they =ant instead of being stuck with the government they get'. Mr Theil, the venture cap=talist who famously helped Facebook expand beyond the Harvard campus, call=d Seasteading an 'open frontier for experimenting with new ideas for gover=ment'. A=ter making his first investment in the project in 2008, Mr Thiel said: 'De=ades from now, those looking back at the start of the century will underst=nd that Seasteading was an obvious step towards encouraging the developmen= of more efficient, practical public sector models around the world. 'We're a= a fascinating juncture: the nature of government is about to change at a =ery fundamental level.' 5 EFTA_R1_01693989 EFTA02542859 'Big ideas start as weird ideas,' Mr Friedman said. He predicted t=at full-time settlement will follow in about seven years. But while some Ayn Rand a=olytes may think the idea is brilliant, it's not without its critics. Margaret Cra=ford, an expert on urban planning and a professor of architecture at Berke=ey, told Details: 'it's a silly idea without any urban-planning implicatio=s whatsoever.' Mr Thiel told an audience at the Seasteading Institute C=nference in 2009 that: 'There are quite a lot of people who think it's not=possible. 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