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The Seasteading Institute February 2010 Newsletter

nthmost — Thu, 04 Feb 2010 21:23:04 -0500

The Seasteading Institute December 2009 Newsletter

Man cannot discover new oceans unless he has the courage to lose sight of the shore.

Andre Gide

Highlights
- 2009 Conference Videos
Poseidon Project
- Platform
- Commercial
- Residential
Donor Profile: John Chisholm
Awareness & Community
- Membership Program
- Events
- Media
- Book
Hiring
Membership
Special Thanks

Highlights

Second Annual Seasteading Conference Videos

We're pleased to announce that all of the videos from the

Na'ama Moran - Medical Tourism on Ships

nthmost — Wed, 03 Feb 2010 19:09:39 -0500

Na'ama Moran's presentation on the business of Medical Tourism on Ships, given at the 2009 Seasteading Conference, can now be viewed online:

Nice EEZ layer for Google Earth

Patri — Mon, 01 Feb 2010 20:03:53 -0500

Color-coded EEZ data layer

Will Chamberlain - Thinking Structurally About Government

nthmost — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 22:13:57 -0500

Will Chamberlain's talk at the second annual Seasteading Conference, "Thinking Structurally About Government", is now available online:

Engineering Parallels Between Ephemerisle & Seasteading

Patri — Tue, 26 Jan 2010 16:20:28 -0500

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).

Dominique Roddier - Clubstead Engineering

nthmost — Mon, 25 Jan 2010 15:42:09 -0500

Dominique Roddier's presentation on Clubstead Engineering from the second annual Seasteading Conference is now available online:

Seasteading is the cure for post-Avatar Depression?

Patri — Fri, 22 Jan 2010 22:31:31 -0500

LA Snark reports on post-Avatar Depression (complete with television news report), and how to deal with it. Solutions include:

Make some real life friends.
Stop hanging out with negative people
Be interesting

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...

James is ready to move!

Patri — Mon, 18 Jan 2010 17:19:20 -0500

TSI Director of Operations James Hogan heads to the ocean (well, Shoreline Lake) in this fun image from a recent TSI staff photoshoot.

Jorge Schmidt - Legal Aspects of Seasteading

nthmost — Tue, 12 Jan 2010 20:09:53 -0500

Jorge Schmidt's presentation of research on the legal aspects of seasteading is now available online:

Ephemerisle Documentary

Patri — Mon, 11 Jan 2010 15:09:55 -0500

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: