Seastead production is moving full steam ahead in Panama through the efforts of the company Ocean Builders. Ocean Builders were inspired by the Seasteading Institute. The engineers met on our forums, and the CEO was inspired by the seasteading story. In this video presentation for insiders I tell you about: why SeaPods are COVID-safe our quest forRead more
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This Thanksgiving, we are grateful for VOLUNTEERS! The Seasteading Institute has always been a small organization, meaning we have only two full-time staff members. We rely on volunteers to keep things going. We are particularly grateful to three volunteers who have been indispensable for the past year: Katie Chowne, Ervan Darnell, and Spencer Flagg. KatieRead more
Time for seasteaders to strut. The expansion of seasteading in global consciousness has reached epic proportions in the last few months. Here are three developments to celebrate on our ten-year anniversary. Seasteads in the 2019 Sid Meier’s Civilization VI: Gathering Storm The new trailer for one of the most popular video games in the worldRead more
How did Randy Hencken pull this off? “I’m sponsored to speak at the World Blockchain Festival in Tokyo,” he said. “Great,” I said. “A bunch of tech people,” he said. But for some odd reason I thought I heard him whistling the tune “Make It Happen” by Mariah Carey. “Have fun,” I said. I imaginedRead more
“I certainly think if we had competition in governance, we would do a lot better,” Thiel remarked on The Rubin Report. Peter Thiel appeared on Dave Rubin’s show and frankly answered almost every question you would want to ask him, accumulating over a quarter of a million views on YouTube in one week. Rubin guidedRead more
The Seasteading Institute March 2013 Newsletter (Past newsletters) Dear Friend of The Seasteading Institute, I couldn’t co-write a book about seasteaders without getting hooked. The book, Seasteading: How Floating Nations Will Change the World, is in the hands of Simon and Schuster and will be published in 2015. Now it’s time to stop writing about seasteadingRead more
The Seasteading Institute December 2013 Newsletter (Past newsletters) Dear Friend of The Seasteading Institute, When the history of seasteading is written, 2013 may be remembered as much more than a footnote. Not only did we celebrate the five-year anniversary of the Institute’s founding, but we also took advantage of momentum within our movement to advanceRead more
The Seasteading Institute September 2013 Newsletter (Past newsletters) Dear Friend of The Seasteading Institute, Just after our last newsletter, on the eve of summer, we took a brief, hard-earned getaway to the annual Ephemerisle Festival (details below). Since then, it has been a busy season – full of good news on several fronts. Most notably,Read more
The Seasteading Institute June 2013 Newsletter (Past newsletters) Dear Friend of The Seasteading Institute, With summertime officially upon us, our seasteader instincts tell us we should be spending these longest days of the year close to the water – perhaps at the nearby piers in Jack London Square, or at the beach acrossRead more
The Seasteading Institute April 2013 Newsletter Dear Friends of The Seasteading Institute, In celebrating our five-year anniversary, we have been reflecting on the many milestones we have already achieved, and accelerating our efforts to enable the development of seasteads in the near future. Please join us in celebrating five years of seasteading by making aRead more