I came across an interesting creative experiment while surfing the web the other day. On CNN.com, there was a story about the construction of a "floating city" that would be constructed off the San Franscisco Bay. The "big-C" innovation is the creation of members of the Seasteading Institute, and the establishment of such a place would allow a place where new forms of government can be tested on a trial and error basis. Similar to an island utopia, the city would be isolated in terms of law and governement but also monitored by the engineers whom are responsible for the city. Some of the new political ideas the group is tossing around include legalizing marijuana and making intellectual property communal -- so that everyone would take ownership in art produced on the city at sea.
This innovation will surely test the strength of community responsibily and trust, and will also give us a look to what a society in this day in age values the most, and what a civilization needs to survive. This project makes me think of the artificial dome of a city in the movie "The Truman Show", both can be studied in order to get a better understanding of government and also to the domain of social migration and behavior. Time will tell us whether this "floating city" will be the next great creation, or whether it will just be an idea that doesnt get put into action.
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