Could the future of humanity be at sea? Our seas and oceans have long been central to human civilization, while at the same time we built dikes and islands to reclaim land. As technology improves, we may see even more ambitious efforts in the future. In the episode we will explore the options, both for ways we may extend our civilization to the sea and the motives of doing so. We will also look at seasteads and seasteading, artificial islands built in international waters with the intent of being new, sovereign nations.

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Credits: Earth 2.0: Seasteading & Artificial Islands Episode 154, Season 4 E40

Writers: Isaac Arthur

Editors: Darius Said Evan Schultheis Jerry Guern Keith Blockus Matthew Acker Mark Warburton

Producer: Isaac Arthur

Cover Artist: Jakub Grygier https://www.artstation.com/jakub_grygier

Graphics Team: Fishy Tree https://www.deviantart.com/fishytree/ Jeremy Jozwik https://www.artstation.com/zeuxis_of_losdiajana Justin Dixon Ken York of YD Visual https://www.facebook.com/YDVisual/

Narrator: Isaac Arthur

Music Manager: Luca DeRosa - lucaderosa2@live.com

Music: Denny Schneidemesser, "Across the Universe" https://soundcloud.com/denny-schneidemesser Markus Junnikkala, "Always Tell Me The Odds" https://www.markusjunnikkala.com/ Stellardrone, "On A Beam Of Light, Outrospace" https://stellardrone.bandcamp.com Kai Engel, "Endless Story About Sun and Moon" https://www.kai-engel.com/ Aerium, "The Islands moved while I was asleep" https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCRnUJY3l5vIJFGsY3XvW4dQ Serena Elis, "Between the space" https://soundcloud.com/serenaelis Ross Bugden, "Legend of Styk" https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCQKGLOK2FqmVgVwYferltKQ