In August of 2012, The Seasteading Institute was contacted by Megan Rorie, a graduate student in the College of Architecture at the University of Houston. Megan was intrigued by the idea of seasteading, so when it came time to select a topic for her year-long capstone “extreme-environment” architectural design project, she suggested to two of herRead more
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After making his seed donation to co-found the Institute in 2008, Peter Thiel predicted, “Decades from now, those looking back at the start of the century will understand that Seasteading was an obvious step towards encouraging the development of more efficient, practical public sector models around the world.” But he did not believe he couldRead more
This is the last in a three-part series of guest blogs by Josh Taylor, a UK based 22-year-old social entrepreneur who specializes in creative science and technology projects that inspire innovation and stimulate global awareness. You can read about his latest project from part 1 and part 2 of this series and on www.JoshingTalk.com. —Read more
This is the second in a three-part series of guest blogs by Josh Taylor, a UK based 22-year-old social entrepreneur who specializes in creative science and technology projects that inspire innovation and stimulate global awareness. You can read about his latest project in part 1 of this series, and on www.joshingtalk.com. — In my last post,Read more
In this guest blog series, we meet Josh Taylor, a UK based 22-year-old social entrepreneur who specializes in creative science and technology projects that inspire innovation and stimulate global awareness. Josh is currently working on a project to get a submersible to the bottom of the deepest Atlantic ocean trench- the Milwaukee Deep. You canRead more
Max Marty, the Institute’s former Director of Business Strategy, has kept busy since founding and becoming CEO of Blueseed, the first for-profit seasteading venture to be spun off from our nonprofit movement-building organization. Recently, American Public Media interviewed Marty to find out why he has his eyes set on Half Moon Bay, the sleepy unincorporated communityRead more
While we are in continued negotiations with a group interested in chartering the Institute’s 235-foot, four deck ship, Seasteader I, we are still accepting offers from other parties interested in chartering or purchasing her. The ship is seaworthy, in good working condition, can accommodate up to 800 passengers and 100 crew, and is currently locatedRead more
Ricardo Radulovich – Professor of Water Science, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Grantee, Sea-Farmer, and Senior Aquaculture Specialist for The Seasteading Institute – can now add “Radical Social Entrepreneur” to his long list of laurels. Today’s featured article on the Radical Social Entrepreneurs website, authored by seasteading ambassador Ryan Garcia, explains how Radulovich’s open-source seafarming projectRead more
Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadThe 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 was seized and sold by city government under theRead more
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, who use their profiles on the popular networking site to publicly state their audacious visions. LonsdaleRead more