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Joe quirk is an american author originally from westfield, new jersey. Joe quirk, president of the seasteading institute, talked about his book seasteading. He is coauthor with patri friedman of seasteading, an amazon bestseller in the category of marine engineering. The seasteading institute was founded in 2008 by activist, software engineer and political economic theorist patri friedman.
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