Properties of complex behavior resulting from emergence
1) VERY simple behavior on a lower level results in complex behavior no the group level
2) These behaviors are computationally irreducible… in other words, the rules that produce complex behavior are impossible to discover by observing the top-level behavior.
It would seem that WiTricity is the next generation in short-range power delivery and a potential replacement to the standard wall-socket of a home. I am particularly impressed with the fact that the technology uses resinence to only engage devices that are specificly tuned to recieve power which should make them more efficent. Takeaways:
See for your self and tell us what you think: Wireless Power
Paul Ekman is one of the early pioneers in the field of expression classification evaluation. He developed some of his centrial theories about fundamental things like the number of possible facial expressions a human face can make to the nature of facial expression and emotional correlaries. Here are the takeaways:
See for your self: VIDEO ON YOUTUBE
I have been watching the Seasteading Institute grow rapidly since it’s inception in 2008 as I had been fixated on the idea of developing assets in the open ocean. I began to conduct extensive research into modern construction techniques employed for deep-water oil drilling and learned that there are relatively few companies capable of designing oil drilling platforms. It turns out that most deep sea oil drilling rigs are designed upon the spar buy concept which basically means that they are roughly 1000ft long and maintain over 60ft of “free board” between the deck and the mean ocean surface. These structures are very stable as they are capable of supporting drilling equipment dangling over two thousand feet to the ocean’s bottom.
It has been facinating to see how the Seasteading Institute has developed from a crazy idea with a 500K endowment to a robust community of people who are serious and focused about making this thing into a reality. I, for one am convinced that we will see vast migrations of wealth generation to these floating communities because of the many advantages including the avalibility of wind and solar energy, mineral resources both desolved in the ocian and imbeded in it’s floor, the economics of very efficent and densely-packed urban environments at sea and the fact that very little read tape will prevent the scal-up of these citties to NYC scales in short order.
You can get a feeling for how the Seasteading movement is growing HERE.
Here are some very compelling images from Seasteading Institute community members:
This would do as an office or manufacturing facility perhaps
Flat platform built on SPAR Buys + Walkways
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