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From: Sent: Monday, August 29, 2011 4:28 AM To: [email protected] Subject: FW: Sci Fi Cities. Just because Lowell mentioned you! class=MsoNormal>:) .••* From: Lowell Wood [mailto Sent: Su=day, August 28, 20119:05 PM To: Cc:13=11Gates'; Boris Nikolic (BGC3) Subject: RE: Sci Fi Cities.=/o:p> 55•• ••55 *5* • *** ♦5 •♦ 5555 • • •• ***• ••• • ** • **** 5555 *55* 55* ** ** it* **** 5555 St* *5 • *** *50 *•* **SS • • ••♦ ♦5 • • 5* •• • • ***• •5 •*** •*** ••• ** *** :( 555 55 * ******* 5555 • • 5* *5 *•* • ** •5 55 :} 1 EFTA_R1_01694789 EFTA02543330  *** *** **** * *•* ••*» ** **•* • ** ** •** • ** *** •• *•• »•* ** • * :Hs **** ** *** **** * ** *** • 5* ••* • ••• • • ■ • *•** ** *** *••* ♦•** * • *** **• * *** *• ** *•• • •* ** *** Ir* • •• :) •••• ** * • **• *•* • 5* *5* ** ** • * ** •* • *** **•• • 5* ♦♦ ♦■ • ** *• * • 5* • • • 5* *• *•* *• *5* ** U.* *5* * *•• *• • • * *• :) Of course, the income deri=ed from licensing fishing, etc. in the "exclusive economic zonesR=1; of 200 mile radius around each such island would be additional...but th=se could be employed to offset the substantial lawyers' bills,-c;Washington representation" fees, etc., etc. that would be involved =n operating such an "instant sovereign!" J [And, to be sure, "The essence of sovereign=y lies in its enforcement" — but the famous international arms=bazaars can instantly outfit-&-staff the navy of any newbie-among-nati=ns that has a reasonable line-of-credit...1 From: [mailto Sent: Sunday, August 28, 20118:12 PM T=: Lowell Wood; Boris Nikolic (BGC3) Cc: 'Bill Gates' S=bject: RE: Sc! Fi Cities. Importance: Low<=p> Not sure this is about autonomy? 2 EFTA_R1_01694790 EFTA02543331 l'= certain this would be better than life in Mogadishu. And probably cheaper=#8230; Think of all the cool innovations that would follow — <=o:p> 1.&n=sp; Energy requirements would be about the same but necess=rily renewable 3. <=span>Sanitation would totally chan=e! 4. Health would matter since living in such =ight quarters means communicable disease becomes real again (for everyone!= I think it would be cool to offer this up to Somalia or somewhere desper=te and see what happens. Rich people don't innovate as quickly!! =nbsp; From: Lowell Wood <= href="mailto:[mailto )">[mailto Sent: Sunday, August 28, 2011 7:15 PM To: B=ris Nikolic (BGC3) Cc: -% 'Bill Gates' Subjec=: RE: Sci Fi Cities. From: Boris Nikolic [mailto =13> Sent: Sunday, August 28, 2011 4:47 PM To: ~: Bill Gates Cc: Lowell Wood <mailto: ) Subject: RE: Sci Fi Cit=es. Importance: Low Some Libertarians tried to create these new community (with autonomo=s structure, no taxation and even own currency) — Since islands can,=under international law, only be claimed if they are at least 30 cm above =he high tide point, some have even attempted to build sovereign islands, l=ke real-estate millionaire Michael Oliver's attempt at building a libertar=an city-state called the Republic of Minerva in the southern Pacific Ocean= Not sure how anyone could get significant autonomy. =/o:p> http://en.wikipedia.o=g/wiki/Republic_of_Minerva <=pan style='color:#1F497D'> 3 EFTA_R1_01694791 EFTA02543332 Perhaps it would be better that Peter =ives more to HIV! Boris Fro=: [maiIto <mailto:(mailto Sent: S=nday, August 28, 2011 4:24 PM To: Bill Gates Cc: Boris=Nikolic; Lowell Wood <mailto >) Subject: Sci Fi Cities. Importance: L=w <=p> Pet=r Thiel's response to urban development. Neat to think about, cool p=ctures anyway. $1.25 million investment into this (sketchy) organ=zation on his part is probably too small to even build one of these but at=least he's trying! What I think would be cool would be to tr= this in Africa. Even cancer cells stop multiplying when you confine their=space. :) Mission: To=further the establishment and growth of permanent, autonomous ocean commun=ties, enabling innovation with new political and social systems. <= href="http://www.seasteading.org/">http://www.seasteading.org/ • Ocean state would have no welfare, no minimum wage, and few restr=ctions on weapons • Platforms would house =70 people and hundreds could eventually join together PayPal-founder Pete= Thiel was so inspired by Atlas Shrugged - Ayn Rand's novel about free-mar=et capitalism - that he's trying to make its title a reality.4=pan> The Silicon Valley bi=lionaire has funnelled $1.25million to the Seasteading Institute, an organ=sation that aspires to launch a floating colony into international waters,=freeing them and like-minded thinkers to live by libertarian ideals.<=o:p> Mr Thiel recen=ly told Details magazine: 'The United States Constitution had things you c=uld do at the beginning that you couldn't do later. So the question is, ca= you go back to the beginning of things? How do you start over?' Life on the =cean wave: A design for one of the floating cities which Peter Thiel wants=to start constructing next year off the coast of San Francisco<=span> 4 EFTA_R1_01694792 EFTA02543333 Green land: An aer=al view of the city, complete with landcaped gardens. Mr Thiel believes ma=y of the islands could eventually be joined together =p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt=auto'> Design for living: This island eve= has a high-level helicopter pad. The cities would be constructed on oil-r=g like terminals The floating sovereign nations that Mr Thiel imagines would be bu=lt on oil-rig-like platforms anchored in areas free of regulation, laws, a=d moral conventions. The Seasteading Institute says it will 'give people the freedo= to choose the government they want instead of being stuck with the govern=ent they get'. Mr Theil, the venture capitalist who famously helped Facebook expand=beyond the Harvard campus, called Seasteading an 'open frontier for experi=enting with new ideas for government'. After making his first investment in the pro=ect in 2008, Mr Thiel said: 'Decades from now, those looking back at the s=art of the century will understand that Seasteading was an obvious step to=ards encouraging the development of more efficient, practical public recto= models around the world. 'We're at a fascinating juncture: the nature of go=ernment is about to change at a very fundamental lever=/p> <=p> Light city: Peter Thiel cal=ed the project, Seasteading, an 'open a frontier for experimenting with ne= ideas for government' Mr Thiel said: 'the nature of government is about to chang= at a very fundamental level' Mr Thiel and his colleagues say their ocean state wou=d have no welfare, looser building codes, no minimum wage, and few restric=ions on weapons. Aiming to have tens of millions of residents by 2050, the Seastead=ng Institute says architectural plans for a prototype involve a movable, d=esel-powered structure with room for 270 residents. =p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt=auto'>The long-term plan would be to=have dozens and eventually hundreds of the platforms linked together. Patri Friedm=n, a former Google engineer who is working on the project told Details tha= they hope to launch a flotilla of offices off the San Francisco coast nex= year. =Big ideas start as weird ideas,' Mr Friedman said. <= class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:=uto5He predicted that full-time set=lement will follow in about seven years. But while some Ayn Rand acolytes may think=the idea is brilliant, it's not without its critics. Margaret Crawford, an expert =n urban planning and a professor of architecture at Berkeley, told Details= 'it's a silly idea without any urban-planning implications whatsoever.' <=:p> 5 EFTA_R1_01694793 EFTA02543334 Mr Thiel told an audie=ce at the Seasteading Institute Conference in 2009 that: 'There are quite = lot of people who think it's not possible. 'That's a good thing. We don't need to really worry=about those people very much, because since they don't think it's possible=they won't take us very seriously. And they will not actually try to stop =s until it's too late.' 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