TechCrunch Profiles Shipsteading Startup Blueseed
Former Seasteading Institute legal and business strategists Dario Mutabdzija and Max Marty continue to make waves with their “shipsteading” startup, Blueseed.
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Time to Act: November 22, Bay area meetup with keynote speech from Blueseed
Time to Act: November meetup with Keynote speech from Blueseed
Join us for an evening of exciting talks, brainstorming and socializing with some of the most interesting people in the seasteading movement. Our October meetup brought in a lot of enthusiastic people and has shown there is a great deal of interest in result-oriented activities. So, over the coming months we’d like to showcase some of the most interesting and practical developments in seasteading.
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Thiel to WSJ: Seasteads Can Help Spur Innovation
The Wall Street Journal‘s executive online editor Alan Murray recently sat down with Paypal founder and Silicon Valley investor Peter Thiel and asked the question, “How Can Government Help Spur Innovation?”
Colbert Lampoons Seasteading, Gets it Backwards
Last night, Comedy Central’s Stephen Colbert had some fun with seasteading in a segment titled “Colbert Platinum – Wealth Under Siege.” We’re still chuckling at the 7 minute-long clip, which pokes fun at the often misreported notion that Thiel and The Seasteading Institute are trying to create “libertarian islands,” which could serve as havens for the rich in the event that the Occupy Wall Street slogan “Eat the Rich!” ever takes ho
The Seasteading Insititute is Hiring: Administrative Associate & Conference Organizer
We currently have the following job openings, based at our new headquarters in Oakland, CA:
Administrative Associate – This individual will be responsible for administrative tasks, communications with supporters, scheduling meetings, and much more.
San Francisco Bay Seasteading Meetup, October 25
At our August Bay Area social, the group overwhelmingly showed support for a gathering every two or three months. If you’re in the area lets get together at Fiddler’s Green Irish Pub and Restaurant, on Tuesday, October 25. The pub is centrally located and within walking distance of the Millbrae BART/Caltrain stations in Millbrae, California. The back room has been reserved for us to chat, eat and drink.
Free Cities & Seasteading on John Stossel Show – September 29, 2011
Our Board Member Michael Strong discussed free-cities (charter cities) and seastading on the John Stossel show on September 29, 2011.
Check out the clip on Youtube.
Newsletter, October 2011
Over the last several weeks we’ve enjoyed an explosion of new newsletter subscribers — welcome to our hundreds of new readers! The Seasteading Institute is dedicated to creating diverse, innovative societies on the ocean.
Establishment of autonomous ocean communities: current options and future evolution
After many months of research, I present the final document of the dissertation that I am submitting to the PhD committee at my University. The full text can be downloaded here. Unfortunately, it is in Spanish, and with only a small abstract in English, but The Seasteading Institute is planning to have it translated into English.
The Seasteading Institute’s position on the recent Details article
Seasteading has recently received a lot of media attention after an article published in Details on August 13 has been picked up by numerous media outlets, including the front page of Yahoo! News.
