Thanks to Eelco Hoogendoorn and a host of valuable community support, our first offical Engineering report is now available for general parusal. You can pick it up from our new (and still in-progress) Research page, or download the PDF directly here.
From the Preface:
This past weekend, the city of Seoul, South Korea, launched the first piece of a floating island called "Viva", one of three floating islands destined to take their place in the Han River next to the Banpo Bridge this summer.
Man cannot discover new oceans unless he has the courage to lose sight of the shore.
Andre Gide
Highlights
Poseidon Project
Donor Profile: John Chisholm
Awareness & Community
Hiring
Membership
Special Thanks
We're pleased to announce that all of the videos from the
Na'ama Moran's presentation on the business of Medical Tourism on Ships, given at the 2009 Seasteading Conference, can now be viewed online:
There are a wide variety of opinions in the seasteading community about whether Ephemerisle is a plausible path to full seasteading. Here's my pre-event pitch of why Ephemerisle is useful. Post-event, I have an additional thought.
Our Ephemerisle structure and setup basically worked as plan, with a few exceptions. One is that it took longer than we expected, and was not completed by the noon Friday starting time (although everything did come together for Saturday evening).
Will Chamberlain's talk at the second annual Seasteading Conference, "Thinking Structurally About Government", is now available online:
Dominique Roddier's presentation on Clubstead Engineering from the second annual Seasteading Conference is now available online:
LA Snark reports on post-Avatar Depression (complete with television news report), and how to deal with it. Solutions include:
And finally, most relevant to us:
Get outta Dodge. Seriously, pack up and leave. This is easier for some more than others, but if you’re bored out of your mind in your current life, sometimes sticking your roots (or tail) in a new, unfamiliar land can be exactly what you need.
Hmm...
TSI Director of Operations James Hogan heads to the ocean (well, Shoreline Lake) in this fun image from a recent TSI staff photoshoot.
Peter Boothe writes about this classic computer game from the mid-80s:
a nonviolent economics game with both zero-sum and positive-sum aspects where people compete to be the best possible homesteaders in a scifi environment made me think of you. The game is quite fun, and I recommend it.
The game can be downloaded free, and played online. Enjoy!
Just in case you haven't seen it yet on one of other feeds, check out the awesome 9-minute documentary Jason Sussberg made about Ephemerisle:
Jorge Schmidt's presentation of research on the legal aspects of seasteading is now available online:
Mikolaj Habryn's presentation entitled "Residential ShipSteading" is now available online:
Eelco Hoogendoorn's talk entitled "Seastead Engineering Overview" is now available:
2009 End Of Year Email
It's been a fantastic journey together in 2009, and thanks to your involvement, commitment, and support, our small organization has continued its rapid growth.
Russ George's talk at the 2009 Seasteading Conference is now available online:
David D Friedman's talk, "Legal Systems Very Different from Ours", is now available:
maggie and milly and molly and may maggie and milly and molly and may went down to the beach (to play one day) and maggie discovered a shell that sang so sweetly she couldn’t remember her troubles,and milly befriended a stranded star whose rays five languid fingers were; and molly was chased by a horrible thing which raced sideways while blowing bubbles:and may came home with a smooth round stone as small as a world and as large as alone. For whatever we lose(like a you or a me) it’s always ourselves we find in the sea ee cummings
Those who follow Patri's blog may have noted mention of some new help at The Seasteading Institute. Indeed, in November, TSI succeeded in filling four open roles to further the seasteading mission, revolving around business development, donor and fundraising efforts, and community development. As a new face here, I (Naomi) would like to humbly introduce myself and the three others who now join us.