The Seasteading Institute - April 2011 Newsletter
Dear Friend of the Seasteading Institute,
Category Archives: Sea steading
Patri’s Free City Talk Online
From April 3-5, 2011, The Seasteading Institute Executive Director Patri Friedman was at The Future of Free Cities Conference in Honduras. Patri's presentation, "Theory of Free Cities and Seasteading" is online to view. In his talk Patri discusses the urgent need to create innovative, competitive governments.
A letter from the Future of Free Cities conference to its speakers and attendees
Below is a letter from the coordinator of the Future of Free Cities conference. The Seasteading Institute Executive Director Patri Friedman collaborated on the conference and gave a presentation there on April 4, 2011.
To all speakers and participants of the Future of Free Cities conference, Roatán, Honduras, April 3-5, 2011
The Oceans Are Uninhabitable By Humanity…Or Are They?
The oceans are not only the source of life on Earth, they still host over half of all life on our blue planet. Unfortunately, that half does not include humans. Right now, we only use the oceans to extract resources, transport goods, and have the occasional awesome party with 1,000 entrepreneurs. As Robert Ballard, discoverer of the Titanic, pointed out in his TED Talk, it's crazy that we have better maps of Mars than we do of our own oceans - which are 55,000,000 kilometers closer.
Economics of Seasteading papers to be presented at the Association of Private Enterprise Education Conference Nassau
Patri Friedman and Brad Taylor are presenting what we consider among our most important research papers at the Association of Private Enterprise Education Conference Nassau, The Bahamas, April 10-12, 2011. These updated papers explain why seasteading is a powerful lever to improve government and thus make the world better.
Job Opening: Staff Writer
The Seasteading Institute is hiring a staff writer. The writer will be a critical member of our team, crafting highly visible publications that are key to our research and movement-building programs. Most of our organization's current output is in written form, so it's essential that the writing be of stellar quality for our work to be most effective.
The Seasteading Institute March 2011 Newsletter
Join Patri and Brad for an online chat in "The Idea Room," Tues, March 8, 2 PM ET/11 AM PT
Join Patri Friedman, Brad Taylor, and The Freeman, March 8 at 2 pm eastern for a 45-minute online chat about the market for governance and seasteading. Patri's and Brad's article, “Seasteading: Striking at the Root of Bad Government,” appeared in the March issue of The Freeman. The article alleges that the current market for governance is dominated by a group of large geographical monopolies not subject to competition.
Patri to speak at the Economist sponsored conference, "Ideas Economy: Innovation for a Disruptive World."
If you can make it out to Berkeley on March 24th, Patri is giving a short talk at the Economist sponsored conference, "Ideas Economy: Innovation for a Disruptive World."
http://ideas.economist.com/event/innovation
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Patri and Brad’s article "Seasteading: Striking at the Root of Bad Government" was published in The Freeman
The Seasteading Institute's Executive Director Patri Friedman, and Research Associate Brad Taylor had an article published in The Freeman, "Seasteading: Striking at the Root of Bad Government."
Video of Patri from the Stossel Show
Here is a link to the video from Patri's appearance on the Stossel show that has been edited down to just the seasteading relevant content. Enjoy!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zrhIMUckrtU
Do you have a great seasteading concept? Win €7500 in the Prix Ars Electronica 2010 / [the next idea] Art and Technology Grant
A representative from Prix Ars Electronica contacted The Seasteading Institute and requested a submission for their "Next Big Idea" grant. Well our staff is too busy to enter the contest for the €7500 prize and three month artist in residency, so we're turning this one over to our community. If you do win, don't forget to make a donation to us for our important work 🙂
Here's the link:
http://new.aec.at/prix/en/kategorien/the-next-idea/
Here's Prix Ars description of the contest:
[THE NEXT IDEA] VOESTALPINE ART AND TECHNOLOGY GRANT
Official Engineering Report Released
The Seasteading Institute is excited to announce the release of our first official engineering report! We’ve posted drafts before, but this is our first paper sanctioned by our Director of Engineering. This “assumptions and methodology” report covers topics such as concepts, materials, location, mobility, energy needs, ocean waves, comfort, costs, and much more.
Patri on The Stossel Show with Ron Paul Thursday Night!
Patri Friedman, the Seasteading Institute's Executive Director, will be on The John Stossel show this Thursday, February 17. The show airs on the Fox Business Network at 9 PM and midnight ET (6 PM/9PM PT), and will re-run on Saturday at 9 PM and midnight ET (6PM/9PM PT). You can support the seasteading movement by tuning in and encouraging your friends and family to watch the show.
Randy Hencken joins The Seasteading Institute as Director of Communications
I am pleased to be The Seasteading Institute’s new Director of Communications and to work on this avant-garde venture with the industrious, accomplished and visionary team on staff, and the seasteading community at large. The Seasteading Institute is one of the few rays of hope for peacefully developing new governments.
The Thiel Foundation pledges up to $1,000,000 to The Seasteading Institute!
We're excited to announce that the Thiel Foundation has renewed their financial support of The Seasteading Institute for 2011, pledging up to one million dollars in additional funding!
Help Us Name the Seasteading Book (and win $100, a signed copy, and an acknowledgement!)
Following the lead of Bryan Caplan's crowdsourced book title, we’d like to get ideas for the title of the Seasteading book. We’re reasonably settled on “Seasteading” as the main title, but we need a subtitle which is exciting gets our central message across.
Announcing the Sink or Swim contest winners!
The Seasteading Institute has posted the winners to the 2010 Sink or Swim business plan contest, which you can access by clicking here. Our contestants gave us a glimpse at the future of business at sea, a glimpse which will move us closer to the day when these business plans become a reality.
The Seasteading Institute – Winter 2011 Newsletter
The Seasteading Institute Winter 2011 Newsletter
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What's New at The Seasteading Institute
The Seasteading Institute launches The Magellan Network
To help us create a realistic and sustainable seasteading movement, The Seasteading Institute is proudly launching The Magellan Network. The Magellan Network is a network for individuals interested in active exploration and prototyping of business models related to novel legal environments on the ocean. It is an invitation-only group geared towards those who are best able to make progress towards this goal: investors, entrepreneurs, and accomplished business professionals.