The Seasteading Institute

US Navy working on seasteads

We are not the only ones to recognize the opportunities offered by the ocean’s dynamic geography. From The Economist:

Foreign military bases have both political and practical difficulties. “Seabasing” may offer a solution

BASING troops and equipment on foreign soil is fraught with difficulty. Even friendly countries can cut up rough at crucial moments, as America found when Turkey restricted the use of its territory and airspace during the invasion of Iraq in 2003.

ResidenSea coming to SF in June

The 2009 Itinerary for ResidenSea (the first and only condominium cruise ship in the world) includes a number of California stops:

  • San Diego, CA, May 31 – June 2
  • Los Angeles, CA, June 3 – 5
  • Monterey. CA, June 7 – 9
  • San Francisco, CA, June 11 – 13

I don’t know if it’s possible to arrange a tour while the ship is in San Francisco, but we will certainly try!

TSI is hiring: Director of Engineering, Project Manager

We’re excited to announce that we’re hiring for two key positions:

Director of Engineering – Unfortunately, Wayne Gramlich, our co-founder and original Director of Engineering, has been unable to devote the time to TSI to continue in this role, so we’re looking elsewhere to fill his shoes. This person will provide vision and management for all of TSI’s technology initiatives, such as seastead designs and prototypes, and have some involvement with hands-on execution.

Design Contest Update: Deadline Coming!

Here’s an update from the design contest. We have less than two weeks left before the deadline May 1st, so keep those entries coming!

We have been contacted by Will Pierce who would like to design a seastead with an architectural drawing. However, as he doesn’t have a computer he cannot digitize the design to 3-D and thus cannot compete in the contest.

Cato Unbound follow-up

I have a follow-up essay at Cato Unbound, THE IMPORTANCE AND LIMITATIONS OF GROUNDWORK.

The implication of a “long, slow…slog” are a line that is slowly and steadily trending upwards. If someone has such a line for the libertarian movement, I would love to see it, but I do not believe it is an accurate assessment of our history.

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With that said, here is a critical difference between an inchoate individualist mass and an organized, self-identified group.