TSI Engineering Strategy Survey Results
We’ve completed our analysis of the responses to our community strategy survey, originally posted here. Thanks to all of you who took the time to respond!
News
Holiday Fun – Seasteading Theme Songs
There’s a forum thread about Seasteading Theme Songs, including my 80-song seasteading playlist. Go suggest your favorite ocean, freedom, politics, pirate, etc. song!
Some Take the Low Road, Some Take the High Road
DanB’s Realist and Idealist Views of Basesteading addition to the wiki reminded me of the classic low-road vs. high-road distinction which always seems to come up when talking about seasteading strategy. I think this distinction and terminology is useful, so here’s a crack at a book section on it.
TSI On The Discovery Channel: June 8th!
Set your DVRs to record The Discovery Channel at 10PM on Monday June 8th (check local listings for local times). The series is Mega Engineering, and the episode is City At Sea. Note that they are putting the first 3 episodes of this new series into a 3 hour block, City At Sea is the 3rd of these 3 episodes. It covers several projects besides seasteading. We will try to get a video of our segment up.
The timescale of ocean engineering
A friend of mine from college, a mechanical engineer (and one of the most brilliant engineers I know), has been researching ocean wind energy systems. We’ve been discussing his ideas, and some of his thoughts on the industry are worth sharing (emphasis added):
At the DC offshore renewable energy (electricity from waves, tides and currents) conference, I found that only a COUPLE outfits (namely OpenHydro and Pelamis) were actaully getting anywhere besides just talking and burning up grant money. They had real hardware being demonstrated and ordered by utilities.
The Seasteading Institute Announces The Winners Of The Seastead Design Contest
The Seasteading Institute has crowned the winners in its first Seasteading Architectural Design Contest. The Contest, which ran from February 1st to May 1st, invited participants to design the floating city of their dreams. The winning design was awarded a $1000 grand prize, and there were four additional $250 prizes for specific categories.
Seasteads are permanent, stationary structures specifically designed for long-term ocean living.
Design Contest Winners!
We have finished judging our first 3-D design competition, and can now present the winners. We had a great level of participation, with 41 entries being submitted. More importantly, the quality of the entries was generally very impressive and the competition was very close, as several of the winners won by the smallest margin possible.
Internships at TSI
The Seasteading Institute is now accepting internship applications.
We’re looking for brilliant young people with a passion for seasteading, political autonomy, and this, our twenty-first century experiment in government. The positions available are excellent opportunities for students or recent graduates in search of real-world job experience with flexible schedules, close working relationships with TSI employees, and, ultimately, a shot at transforming the way the world thinks of society, culture, and what it means to be a nation.
Help Us Plan Our Strategy!
Here at TSI, we’ve been thinking a lot about how to improve our strategy. We recently published a strategy document and a vision timeline, but these are only the beginning, covering things at a very high level.
We also want results sooner. Our current timeline & strategy describe modest achievements — a prototype seastead built, a successful ocean-based business operating — by the end of 2010. We’ve been thinking in recent weeks that we can, and want to, do better.
Detailed Engineering Reports For ClubStead Are Available!
Reports
The ClubStead page has been significantly expanded as the executive summary has been replaced by a series of 7 reports covering a variety of engineering topics.
