More American Than America

While my career technically began in publishing in 2009, my journey through venture, and tech, and ultimately the kind of publishing I do today all began with Peter Thiel, who I first met that same year at a meet-up for a wild little organization called the Seasteading Institute. It happened like this: after reading an essay of Peter’s in which he described the organization, and its goal — to help facilitate the creation of hundreds or even thousands of new micro-nations in the ocean, free of terrestrial law — I reached out to the organization’s founder, Patri Friedman, and offered to write and work for TSI for free. He accepted, and here we are today. Fast forward 15 years, and Patri’s work has inspired an entire movement in everything from Charter Cities to the emerging discourse surrounding American special economic zones (SEZs).