OTC 2008 Trip Report
Patri Friedman’s Trip Report
Offshore Technology Conference
Houston, Texas
May 6-7, 2008.
News
The Venus Project Research Center for sale!
21 + acre park-like paradise, lush landscaping consisting of many ponds, lakes, hundreds of palm trees, various fruit and flowering 
trees, many large old, oak trees, two bridges and a large deck cantilevered over a lake.
We will not live in a wretched hive of scum and villainy
In the forums, tannerpittman asks whether seastead communities would attract undesirable elements like organized crime, or be unpleasant to live in because of all the vice shops:
Modern Pioneers
I’ve been adding more about the importance of having a frontier to the revised book (Polycentric order also has a post about this). Here is one of the new sections:
Weekly Snippets, 5/5/08
Not a lot of external progress to report this week, as we were focused on our first Board meeting and 2008 strategy. Now that we’ve done that, expect to see some detailed volunteer project specs and job requisitions coming up. I’m headed to the OTC tonight, and may blog from there.
Name for an agglomeration of seasteads
We need a good name for a collection of seasteads attached together to form a village or city. “A pod of seasteads” (like a group of whales) has been suggested, but I’d like to hear your ideas. “An independence of seasteads”? We could take the name from my proposed festival: “An ephemerisle of seasteads”.
Heading to Offshore Technology Conference next week!
I’ll be at the Offshore Technology Conference in Houston, Texas on Tuesday & Wednesday next week to listen and learn about the current state of the offshore industry. If anyone else will be there and wants to get together, add a comment or send me an email. If there’s enough interest, maybe we can do a dinner on Tuesday?
Why Seasteading Matters
A lot of bad things happen in the world, which means there are a lot of options for those who wish to make the world a better place. And there are some consistent patterns to the badness which make some areas more fruitful than others for the advancement of humanity. Arnold Kling writes:
