A Crypto-Trading, Floating Island Nation Promises Utopia, If It Happens
“Imagine a world where millions of people abandon the land to live on the sea. On their floating habitats, and free from governmental overreach, people can dine on sustainable algae and live in harmony. They can sail from their own artificial island micro-nation to whatever country they’d like to be part of for a day. Plus, the people would trade exclusively using the cryptocurrency Varyon.
But this isn’t just a strange thought experiment. The Floating Island Project is a very real collaboration between the Seasteading Institute and Blue Frontiers. The latter intends to build floating island habitats after selling enough of the cryptocurrency Varyon to fund the ambitious endeavor. The team hopes to launch the first settlement by 2020, as Futurism previously reported…”
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https://futurism.com/floating-island-project-high-seas/amp/
With all these millionaires in one place I have to ask, who will work the minimum wage or less jobs necessary to make things work?
Who will clean the toilets? Surely they don’t intend for the owners to live near the poors?
Who will cook and clean?