{"id":28122,"date":"2012-04-09T12:00:57","date_gmt":"2012-04-09T16:00:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/spacingtoronto.ca\/?p=28122"},"modified":"2013-01-21T15:27:38","modified_gmt":"2013-01-21T20:27:38","slug":"urban-planet-seasteading-floating-tech-cities","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/toronto\/2012\/04\/09\/urban-planet-seasteading-floating-tech-cities\/","title":{"rendered":"Urban Planet: Seasteading &#8211; Floating Tech Cities"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/toronto\/2012\/04\/09\/urban-planet-seasteading-floating-tech-cities\/seasteading\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-28123\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-28123\" title=\"seasteading\" src=\"http:\/\/spacing.ca\/network\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2012\/04\/seasteading.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"337\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/toronto\/2012\/01\/18\/urban-planet-how-the-dutch-got-their-cycle-paths\/feature-urban-planet\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-25153\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"feature-urban-planet\" src=\"http:\/\/spacing.ca\/network\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2012\/01\/feature-urban-planet.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"63\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>Urban Planet is\u00a0a daily roundup of\u00a0\u00a0blogs from around the world dealing specifically with urban environments. We\u2019ll be on the lookout for websites outside the country that approach themes related to urban experiences and issues.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><\/em><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/spacingmedia.com\/uploads\/images\/line-grey-1pixel-600wide.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"1\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Silicon Valley has long been known as a hub for tech innovation, but unfriendly US immigration policies sometimes keep foreign innovators out. Marty Max, a Cuban immigrant, and Dario\u00a0Mutabdzija, of the former Yugoslavia, have proposed a floating city for foreign innovators to get around this problem. Blueseed will be a converted cruise ship moored in international waters some 22 km from San Francisco. As Michael Posner at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.theglobeandmail.com\/news\/world\/floating-city-conceived-as-high-tech-incubator\/article2349663\/page1\/\">The Globe and Mail<\/a> points out Blueseed is not the first attempt at seasteading.<\/p>\n<p><em>Image from\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.theglobeandmail.com\/news\/world\/floating-city-conceived-as-high-tech-incubator\/article2349663\/page1\/\">The Globe and Mail<\/a><br \/>\n<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><\/em><em>For more stories from around the planet, check out Spacing on\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/pages\/Spacing\/111174192229238\">Facebook<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/#!\/Spacing\">Twitter<\/a>.\u00a0 Do you have an Urban Planet worthy article you&#8217;d like to share? 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