Podcast: O.Shane Balloun Explains Lozman v. City of Riviera Beach
March 4, 2013 by chdeist
The recent Supreme Court case of Lozman v. The City of Riviera Beach sparked a flurry of news coverage on the technical legal definition of a vessel. Justices sided 7-2 with Fane Lozman, the former owner of a floating home which Continue Reading »
WSJ finds Seasteading on LinkedIn and sees world-changing potential
March 1, 2013 by chdeist
Where do you go if you want to change the world? According to the Wall Street Journal’s recent survey of LinkedIn, Silicon Valley is the place to be. The article finds evidence for their conclusion from successful entrepreneurs like Joe Lonsdale, Continue Reading »
Reason TV Reports on Medical Tourism
March 1, 2013 by chdeist
Reason TV recently ran a segment on medical tourism, featuring several heroic healthcare entrepreneurs and some sound bites worth memorizing: “Medical tourism, which is a euphemism for free trade in healthcare, has allowed patients from around the world, facing certain Continue Reading »
A New Use for Artificial Isles?
February 25, 2013 by chdeist
When Bill Gates talks, people listen. So, when Gates gave the nod to a Belgian plan for an artificial island on Twitter last week, we took it as cause for optimism that prominent figures are alert to the need for Continue Reading »
Joe Quirk on Seasteading at Burning Man
February 19, 2013 by chdeist
Have you heard Joe Quirk, co-author of the upcoming seasteading book, talk about what drives progress? If not, this short video from last year’s Burning Man will give you a taste of the proactive social, political and environmental agenda we’re spearheading Continue Reading »
Seasteading, Breakthrough Philanthropy Featured on CorporateKnights.com
February 4, 2013 by chdeist
Many sense that recent economic downturns in the developed world have resulted in part from a decline in our willingness to think big and take risks on new technology. Peter Thiel, The Seasteading Institute’s co-founder and most generous supporter, has Continue Reading »
Nishant Bagadia on medical tourism at the Seasteading Conference 2012
January 31, 2013 by Eric Jacobus
One of these things is not like the others
January 30, 2013 by chdeist
Dan Amira, a writer for New York Magazine, apparently picked up on the Washington Times angle to seasteading, featuring our mission alongside plans for four other so-called conservative utopias. While the label of conservative can be fairly applied to a Continue Reading »
Response to The Washington Times
January 24, 2013 by randolph
Today the Washington Times published, “Citadel, Glenn Beck’s Independence, USA, PayPal’s Thiel lead right’s utopian experiments” by author Patrick Hruby. Here is the letter I sent to Hruby in response: Dear Mr. Hruby, I am writing from the Continue Reading »
Voice & Exit event launches Indiegogo campaign
January 23, 2013 by chdeist
Several members of the seasteading community recently launched an Indiegogo campaign to support the Voice & Exit event in Austin, TX, to be held on Saturday, March 9, 2013 (in parallel with the SXSW interactive conference). The event is designed to bring Continue Reading »
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