Peter Thiel—Funded Seasteading Institute with $1.7M to create libertarian floating cities outside democratic governance
Peter Thiel provided approximately $1.7 million in funding to the Seasteading Institute between 2008-2011, including an initial $500K pledge in April 2008. The institute's mission was to 'establish permanent, autonomous ocean communities to enable experimentation with diverse social, political, and legal systems' - essentially creating societies outside the reach of democratic governments. Thiel served on the board until 2011. He later expressed skepticism about the engineering feasibility in 2017.
Scoring Impact
| Topic | Direction | Relevance | Contribution |
|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic Institutions | -against | primary | -1.00 |
| Overall incident score = | -0.590 | ||
Score = avg(topic contributions) × significance (medium ×1) × confidence (0.59)
Evidence (1 signal)
Funded Seasteading Institute with $1.7M to create libertarian floating cities outside democratic governance
Peter Thiel provided approximately $1.7 million in funding to the Seasteading Institute between 2008-2011, including an initial $500K pledge in April 2008. The institute's mission was to 'establish permanent, autonomous ocean communities to enable experimentation with diverse social, political, and legal systems' - essentially creating societies outside the reach of democratic governments. Thiel served on the board until 2011. He later expressed skepticism about the engineering feasibility in 2017.