Students For Liberty’s first speaker event of the semester will be TOMORROW, January 31st in our usual meeing place of 87 Evans at 7pm. The speaker will be Michael Keenan, president of the Seastedding Institute. Here is the description of the event from our facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/events/164938280282836/
Come learn about where you fit into the seasteading movement at 7 pm in 87 Evans Hall!
Michael Keenan, President of The Seasteading Institute will be speaking about progress being made towards the establishment of autonomous floating communities–seasteads–in international waters. He will also provide information on a recently-launched volunteer research program, aimed at university-level students who wish to research practical obstacles facing early seasteading business ventures. The Institute has prepared a list of questions and challenges that need to be addressed, and are seeking talented, entrepreneurial students from a variety of academic disciplines to conduct seasteading-related research as independent study or a for-credit internship.
This is a critical period of development for seasteading business ventures. Billionaire Silicon Valley investor and entrepreneur Peter Thiel recently agreed to lead the seed funding round for Blueseed, the first true seasteading venture, which is trying to create an offshore, visa-free startup incubator on a retrofitted ship 12 miles off the coast of Half Moon Bay. The Seasteading Institute aims to enable several more businesses over the next few years, by providing a generalizable body of research that dampens uncertainty for investors and entrepreneurs who are willing to make the leap from the land to the ocean.
The efforts of a single individual or small group can have a huge impact on the burgeoning seasteading industry. Even if you do not plan to make a career in the seasteading movement, our projects provide an opportunity to gain real world problem-solving experience, and signal initiative to potential future employers. You can learn more about the program at the new Students section of our website: http://www.seasteading.org/community/students/
The talk will be followed by a social event in Hell (2521 College Avenue – Downstairs), where students can learn more about potential research projects and discuss other seasteading-related topics.
