The Seasteading Institute

Keynote slides from Seasteading08 are up

I finally got the slides from my Vision/Paths keynote uploaded (was having problems w/ my DSL for awhile).  Thanks to Sean Lynch for getting them to me.  They are in PPTX format (some kind of XML PowerPoint open format), and they are 350MB, which won’t open on older computers.  The Presenter Notes sections contain the rough text of the talk, so make sure to display those.  With those caveats:

Job opening: Development Director

I am pleased to announce that we have a new, paid position available for a Development Director.

Job Description

The development director will be primarily responsible for growing membership and obtaining funding for TSI through a combination of grant-writing, outreach, PR and donor development. Working in conjunction with the Executive Director and the Board, they will develop fundraising goals, schedule and plan events, identify grant possibilities and apply. In order to develop a steady base of volunteers and donors, the DD will create and maintain a membership program, and work with the Volunteer Coordinator to make sure that volunteers are rewarded and recognized for their work.  Should have some experience w/ non-profit development and grant writing.

For more information on this position, see the Jobs page.  Thanks to Liz for helping us with the position details.

Weekly Research Program

Wayne, Mike Doty & I have put together a new Weekly Research Program, as our first pass at a Distributed Research Program.  Each week, a new topic will be posted in the DRP Forum (RSS).  People will research solutions, and at the end of the week, a moderator will summarize the results to the Wiki.  Essentially, we’re reproducing the infrastructure sections of the book in a more detailed, up-to-date way.  The details are on the Weekly Research page.

October Snippets

We are going to switch to monthly snippets, as weekly seemed too often for such a small organization. In addition to posting them here, we are emailing them to the new Seasteading Announcements mailing list, as many people said they preferred email to blogs.  The list will receive a subset of the information on the blog: monthly snippets, social announcements, and major updates.

There is another way!

Today, America goes to the polls.  Whoever wins, we will not be ruled by a tyrannical despot.  Whoever wins, we will not die by the millions of starvation. Whoever wins, there will not be widespread violence, or a civil war.  Democracy is a huge advance over previous systems – it is very good at minimizing bloodshed.