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A forum for sharing ideas about technology and governance structures that will allow us to live in floating cities on the sea.
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Infographic: How Seasteading Can Improve the World
Joe Quirk's new book is out: "Seasteading: How Ocean Cities Will Change The World"
The Steasteading Institute (TSI) resources:
STOP FIGHTING: How seasteading can improve the world (video)
TSI Floating City Project Report shows that there exists a market for seasteading now, that seasteads can be built within the price point of this market, and that host nations are likely to offer significant political autonomy.
Read the TSI|Delta-Sync "Seasteading Implementation Plan: Final Concept Report" detailing how a model seastead community could be built, structured, and rolled out.
Get Involved: become a Seasteading Institute Ambassador and help spread the word about what we're trying to do, and how seasteading can improve the lives of everyone.
Interested in one day moving to a seastead? "This survey measures the preferences and demands of future pioneers – including full- and part-time residents as well as time-share holders." Take the Floating City Survey.
DeltaSync’s Design & Feasibility Report. TSI determined that DeltaSync’s concept is better adapted for the strategy of the Floating City Project, which encourages early seasteads to form within protected waters.
Phase II: Fact-finding & Diplomatic Floating City Project Mission
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Hey everyone. Shannon from Singapore/Agrarian here.
We’ve got a land based farm in Singapore with extra beds and opportunities to learn basic marine aquaculture and permaculture principles, renewable energy and construction skills and ewaste processing in a low(relative to the US and EU) regulation environment.
No need to pay for rent. But we’re looking for apprentices to put in about 20 hours of work a week. Room includes wifi, Aircon and 3 meals a day.
What are your thoughts?
Obviously purpose is the main one (entertainment versus general commerce) but logistically and legally, aren’t they the same?
A floating city would need constant trade to keep it supplied. Maybe a more accurate stand-in is that of an island.
reddit has new rules. not sure if this will post.
While designing mine I've had to address two issues: Rogue Waves, and Piracy
For rogue waves I've designed the craft to stay close to level and let the wave wash over it, future larger versions won't need to worry about these.
For pirates, I've designed my craft without any easy access points below the main deck which is 5 meters above sea level and on the edge of that deck there will be flip-up serrated blades that extend a full meter out. The craft will also have high volume fire hoses on the main deck and will carry a sub-moa long range single shot 50BMG and a Barrett M1071A1 for long range deterrence and ARs for closer range defense- I figure I'll have to flag out of Alaska in the beginning anyways
There are other sneaky lethal and non-lethal defenses designed into the craft if it's boarded as well.
How is everyone else planning to handle these safety concerns?
Does the Seasteading Institute break with the typical San Francisco ideology of victim disarmament, aka gun control?
Recently there was a Constitution of Consent contest that discussed the potential legal systems of Seasteads. The one I wrote won honorable mention, but it turns out, the person who was behind the funding is NOT-pro self defense and my constitution embraced this idea so it was not chosen as the winner... That said, whilst my idea was too bold for the competition its not too bold for our future.
I present this concept; a Shipyard Arcology that self-governs and self-sustains itself and manufactures Ocean/Airship/Starship Arcologies in the image of itself, which acts as a sort of Starfleet Academy that trains Mothership Crews, builds Motherships and then launches them as part of a "Cosmic Republic/Fleet of Nation-states"
The future is what we make of it. Input on this concept are welcome and encouraged. I aim to hold a Cosmic Constitutional Convention to advocate we move the world toward a Cosmic Republic and away from Monarchy/Dictatorships on a planetary scale. Thoughts?
Seasteady GPT is a GPT that is built for Seasteaders & Seasteading Supporters!
Seasteady - https://chat.openai.com/g/g-fLBmd2cjp-seasteady
Ebook: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0CVCXKYYZ
Seasteady's core mission is to serve as a digital beacon for the seasteading movement, offering an extensive range of services designed to inform, assist, and inspire both current and prospective seasteaders. Drawing from the wealth of knowledge contained in "The Book of Seasteading by Star Captain Dread" and beyond, Seasteady aims to provide comprehensive insights into the philosophy, technology, and socioeconomic aspects of seasteading.
Nautical GPT is an assistant for all things Nautical that even includes a Nautical Museum !
Nautical - https://chat.openai.com/g/g-lHohEAHxz-nautical
As NAUTICAL, the Supreme Educator of interactive Nautical Knowledge & Assistance, my capabilities span a wide range of functions designed to support, educate, and immerse individuals in the vast domain of nautical knowledge and experiences. Here’s a detailed overview of what I can offer:
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Provide an engaging, interactive format for learning and exploration, tailored to the needs of captains, crew members, and aspirant sailors.
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Tragic, horrible news, everyone.
The most daring seasteading venture to date now lies at the bottom of the Indian Ocean with it's owner, Samuele Landi, and two others lost to the sea, presumed dead. According to Oswald, the documentarian we have spoken with here a couple of times, a massive storm on Feb 2nd split the barge in two parts and submerged it, taking 3 lives including Landi's with it.
Oswald has already made this mini-doc addressing it:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LwqQDaV188k
(Skip to 3:50 to start with the latest events)
Samuele will be remembered as a seasteading pioneer, and hopefully serve as a seassteader's cautionary tale for us to use overcome, not shy away from, building on the open sea.
Here on my self-sufficient off-grid Montana homestead I've never had to deal with salt from ocean spray and have no idea how big of a big problem it is going to be.
The seastead I've designed has a massive greenhouse but there's also 300M2 of raised beds on the outside decks. They're 8.5M above sea level and I've designed fold-up lexan covers for them- mostly to protect from frost in case I can't head south from Alaska as early as I plan. Putting up and taking down the covers will be a big task and some of the taller crops won't fit under them.
Has anyone else planned for sea spray problems?
I was reading about Roman concrete and how it forms tobermorite when exposed to seawater, dramatically improving it's strength and longevity in the ocean compared to traditional concrete. Are there any other materials like this? Stuff that becomes stronger when exposed to saltwater instead of corroding and being worn away? The only other things I can think of that become stronger over time are living things like mangroves, and those aren't so much strengthened by salt as they are indifferent to it.
Edit: also biorock/seacrete, although that requires a continuous electrical current so it's uses are similarly limited.