Unconference speakers for Seasteading '09

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By: crasch     13 votes

A modular semi-regular array connected by flexible joints has many advantages over large rigid ocean structures. This presentation covers the basic idea, as well as advantages to survivability, affordability, propulsion, power generation, and module diversity. It also touches on a few of the disadvantages, such as module stability, maintenance, and complexity.

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By: crasch     12 votes

A brief 10 minute presentation of Baltic Seasteading: Why the Baltic Sea is a good place to try seasteading for real and how we may go about doing it.

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By: crasch     12 votes

Spar buoys and Clubstead, which feature platforms suspended above water using floating vertical columns, have historical antecedents in Seadrome and semisubmersible oil platforms. We will compare and contrast the designs and discuss some of the reasons for the shapes involved. They all have much in common.

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By: crasch     12 votes

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By: crasch     9 votes

Algae promises a sustainable and scalable solution to production of a variety of materials. Particular strains of algae are being investigated for the production of bio diesel, ethanol, and cellulose.

Using cellulose as a raw material it is possible to produce large amounts of lactic acid in a fermentation process. The lactic acid can be polymerized to form poly-lactic acid which is a biopolymer that has amazing properties. One of these properties is that it is compatible with extrusion technologies and can be effectively "printed" using apparatus featured on RepRap.org.

Since the ocean is a perfect breeding ground for algae it can be harnessed to produce copious amounts of cellulose in the near future. This raw material can be effectively converted into a construction material that can be formed into any shape desired - including floating ocean infrastructure.

By growing, processing and using the algae to produce the capability to grow, process and produce more algae the initial investment to create a system like this can be mitigated over time. This dramatically reduces the cost of moving existing infrastructure out into an ocean location. This is an efficient approach to ocean colonization.

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By: crasch     18 votes

Heathian anarchy is a form of anarcho-capitalism where there is a singular protection agency operated by a property owner who leases spaces to tenants. It differs from more conventional ancap where multiple, competing protection agencies are usually envisioned or even required under some definitions. There may be some important advantages to a single protection agency, especially in the space of a single seastead. Clarity of jurisdiction for example may be one advantage over multiple protection agencies trying to operate in the same space. A single protection agency operated by the property owner could also create useful incentives against "gun control" since having a well-armed populace should decrease crime and therefore costs to the protection agency and therefore directly lower the operating costs to the property owner. This structure would form an especially strong incentive to have a well-trained, well-armed popular militia capable of defending itself and protecting the seastead against crime and aggression from inside and outside. In other words, it would be a peaceful, stable and prosperous place, like Switzerland which also has a major popular militia.

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By: crasch     12 votes

Many organizations use programmers in India and other foreign countries. Programming teams living on seasteads near the US may be able to effectively compete with existing land-based providers.

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By: crasch     8 votes

This presentation proposes a marketing effort to promote the concept of seasteading to the tourism industry, specifically the luxury cruise business. It covers some of the broad concepts of seasteading to present to audiences not already on board with the idea, and offers a unique way to get involved in the project through an educational seminar in the environment of the open sea.

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By: crasch     7 votes

My talk is about the importance of technology to humanity's growth and eventual flourishing.

I make the bold claim that the continued growth and innovation of high-technology is more important than almost any other factor in improving the human condiition.

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By: crasch     19 votes

This fast-paced talk, previously presented at FreeMinds ’09, first defines chaos/complexity and explains how it is different from randomness. It traces the discovery and evolution of chaos theory from the study of planetary orbits by Newton and Poincare through Lorenz attractors and fractals, all of which are demonstrated by animations. Key points: predicting the future is impossible in even very simple systems; complexity is today informing all aspects of human knowledge; and chaos/complexity is a "friend" to Objectivist/Libertarian movements.

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By: crasch     10 votes

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By: crasch     11 votes

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