Building on the concepts set out in Dario Mutabdzija and Max Borders’ first legal strategy paper, the authors offer this second paper, “Building the Platform: Challenges, Solutions, and Decisions in Seasteading Law” as a more practical guide to seasteading legal issues.
Seasteading is poised to move forward in some big ways, including a new venture being launched by former Seasteading Institute staff. Max Marty and Dario Mutabdzija, former directors of business and legal strategy respectively, are starting a seasteading venture named Blueseed. Blueseed will create a visa-free technology incubator for startups and knowledge workers in international waters off the coast of the San Francisco Bay Area. For more information, visit blueseed.co.
Greetings Seasteaders! Max Borders and I have finished crafting our analysis of the seasteading business environment, “Seasteading Business: Context Opportunity and Challenge”. Check it out. Whether you’re interested in becoming a seasteading entrepreneur, investor, or perhaps just curious about what opportunities this novel industry has to offer — we think you’ll find it interesting.
This is an exciting time for the seasteading movement. As announced in last week’s newsletter, Patri Friedman is switching from Executive Director to Chairman of the Board in order to pursue a seasteading-related venture, and two seasteading researchers, Max Marty and Dario Mutabdzija, are preparing to launch Blueseed, a shipsteading venture.
Our vision for seasteading is to improve government through competition, and my personal talents lie in seeing possibilities and starting initiatives. Many groups and organizations in the past have tried their hand at the audacious task of creating innovative societies, and I saw the possibility for seasteading to powerfully advance this idea with our unique approach…
For the past half-year or so, The Seasteading Institute has been toiling away on an engineering study that’s aimed at identifying the most promising configurations for early seastead communities. We’ve looked at three different hull configurations (ship, barge and semi-submersible) in a range of sizes to accommodate as few as 100 to as many as 5,000 seasteaders.
Here’s link to a video of a talk that Patri gave in Helsinki on May 13, 2011. Enjoy!
I am very excited to share The Seasteading Institute’s first legal research paper, Charting the Course: Toward a Seasteading Legal Strategy (one of a two paper series). The primary objective of these legal papers is to assist with the formation of a legal strategy that will be useful to seasteaders around the world. What does this mean from a practical standpoint?
This technical note recently published in the International Journal of Maritime Engineering considers the structures used today in the maritime and ocean industries to accommodate people in semipermanent accommodation at sea: the floating hotels, or flotels.
Wanted: Seasteading Stories from the Future
Can you write an inspiring article from the future illustrating how seasteading has improved humanity? If so, we want your submission. The best stories will be featured on our revised website later in the year.
Here’s what talented writers need to know when they draft their entries:
