This was my first time giving any sort of presentation in front of a crowd – at least since grade school. So, I was facing a fear of mine here. I have been on national radio and TV a few times, but that is really just talking to two or at most three people; one [...]
Paul Rosendberg wrote, “THE GOOD NEWS! Finally, a rich guy doing something bold with his money! Peter Thiel (and I don’t think I’ve ever met the gentleman) has put up $500K to get a Seasteading Institute started. Good for you, Peter! And… They will be building their first seastead in San Francisco Bay! HISTORY Sean [...]
Patri Friendman and Wayne Gramlich have launched the Seasteading institute: http://www.seasteading.org/ Right now it is just a drupal website for build community building and idea exchange, but they will likely soon be a 501C3 non-profit and be able to raise funding. Hopefully they will also finish the book they started working on shortly after I [...]
I was interviewed on National Public Radio. The show was called “On The Media“ and I talked about Havenco, Seasteading, and my anti-copyright views. BROOKE GLADSTONE: Sean Hastings was the co-founder and CEO of HavenCo. Enron never was a client. The only customers interested in HavenCo were on line gambling brokers. In fact, when someone [...]
My wife Jo and I appear in this large Die Zeit Article, discussing HavenCo and Seasteading. (Scroll down to the part in bold if you just want to see our bit.) Here is a link to the original version in German: http://www.zeit.de/2003/50/Cypherpunks Here is an English Translation by Veronika Leluschko: The pirates of the 21st [...]
