You probably haven’t heard of Operation Atlantis.  Don’t worry…I hadn’t heard of it either until recently.   While the hippies were celebrating the ‘Summer of Love’ in the late 1960′s, Atlas Strugged enthusiast Werner Stiefel devoted his life to creating a sovereign society with the freest markets imaginable.   Dubbed “Operation Atlantis”, Stiefel spent millions towards attaining his dream but never even got close.

Others have tried similar ventures with varying degrees of failure, and now we have the latest venture in this arena: The Seasteading Institute,  started by a self-professed communal polyamorous  burner.

Wired Magazine, once again, has the scoop:  Live Free or Drown: Floating Utopias on the Cheap.