Voice and Exit: Practical Radicalism

"And no one puts new wine into old wineskins; or else the new wine bursts the wineskins, the wine is spilled, and the wineskins are ruined. But new wine must be put into new wineskins."
Mark 2:22

Max Marty discusses innovation grounded in reality:



Highlights:

• In the aggregate, policy matters a lot; individually, it doesn't.

• Policy tends to move towards centralization.
• Makes exiting more expensive.

• Entrepreneurship is practical radicalism.

• You need something outside the box enough to produce returns, but grounded enough to be feasible.

• Begin from the existing framework.

• Traditional public schools are day care.

• Spot opportunities others won't spot.

• Have a year's worth of savings and a thick skin.

• Fortune favors the bold.

-----

Voice and Exit 2015 comes to Austin this Saturday; learn more and sign up here.

Voice and Exit: 9 Megatrends Next Century's Historians will use to describe this one

"And no one puts new wine into old wineskins; or else the new wine bursts the wineskins, the wine is spilled, and the wineskins are ruined. But new wine must be put into new wineskins."
Mark 2:22

Corporate consultant Nancy Giordino examines trends that will shape the next couple decades.



Highlights:

• Bi-Polar economy
• "Top 1%" keeps doing better.

• The internet will be in everything.

• 3D printers, robotics, biotechnology.

• Constant change, disruption, and adaptation.

• Permanent ambiguity.

• Constantly having access to other people.\

• New structure being created for sharing.
• eg. Uber or Air B'N'B

• Radical solutions require openness to radical ideas.

• It's ok to say "I don't know."

• Growth is only possible with suffering.

• "What would it have been like to stand at the front end of the renaissance?!?"

-----

Voice and Exit comes to Austin this Saturday; learn more and register here.

Voice and Exit: Inside History's Most Brutal Social Experiment

"And no one puts new wine into old wineskins; or else the new wine bursts the wineskins, the wine is spilled, and the wineskins are ruined. But new wine must be put into new wineskins."
Mark 2:22

Michael Malice details the horrors of life in North Korea:



Highlights:

• North Korea is the "least free, most brutal" regime on Earth.

• Kim Il Sung was more oppressive than Stalin.

• Hostile, Wavering, and Favorable castes.
• Further subdivided by 51
• Hostile not allowed near cities or borders.

• North Korea produces nothing of value.

• In the midst of famine, 2 meal a day campaign.

• "Having too many people makes Socialism difficult."

• "Class traitors" are punished to three generations.

• Camps are visible from Google Earth.

• If you kill yourself, your family has to fill your quota.

-----

Voice and Exit 2015 is coming to Austin later this month; learn more and sign up here.

Voice and Exit: How 3D Bioprinting will transform Medicine

"And no one puts new wine into old wineskins; or else the new wine bursts the wineskins, the wine is spilled, and the wineskins are ruined. But new wine must be put into new wineskins."
Mark 2:22

Laura Bosworth explains how 3D printing can make organ shortages a thing of the past, starting with Breast Cancer survivors:



Highlights:

• 3D printing has been around for decades, what's changed is that the cost has dropped.

• Similar to the replicator in Star Trek.

• Working on 3D printing food.
• Modern Meadow -- Using cow and pig cells to 3D print pieces of meat.

• 3D printers have been used to create custom hearing aids for decades.

• Custom printing for vets who need to have skulls rebuilt.

• Functioning kidneys printed in China.

• Functioning livers printed in U.S.

• 18 people a day currently die due to organ shortages.

• It could take decades until this is widely available.

• Nipples for breast cancer survivors is the first step.

-----

Voice and Exit 2015 is coming to Austin next month; learn more and register here.

Voice and Exit: Why Floating Cities are the Next Frontier

"And no one puts new wine into old wineskins; or else the new wine bursts the wineskins, the wine is spilled, and the wineskins are ruined. But new wine must be put into new wineskins."
Mark 2:22

Joe Quirk from Voice and Exit 2014:



Highlights:

• The difference between us and a billionaire is miniscule compared to the difference with the bottom billion.

• Governments are the only technology that does not make progress rapidly and peacefully.

• The United States was a "breakaway experiment in governance."

• Cruise ships are an early example of floating cities.

• Nearly half the world's surface is unclaimed by governments.

• Governments could only form if you choose to subject yourself to them.

• The ocean is the largest solar panel in the world.

• Water will be the next oil.

• Regulations written in 1970 are holding back innovations in 2020.

• "We walked on the moon 45 years ago; it's easier to float than fly."

Learn more about Sea Steading and Voice and Exit 2014 here.

-----

Voice and Exit 2015 is coming to Austin next month; learn more and register here.

Voice and Exit 2014 Coming to Austin!!!

"No one sews a piece of unshrunk cloth on an old garment; or else the new piece pulls away from the old, and the tear is made worse. And no one puts new wine into old wineskins; or else the new wine bursts the wineskins, the wine is spilled, and the wineskins are ruined. But new wine must be put into new wineskins.”
Mark 2:21-22

Our friend Max Borders is helping to organize the Voice and Exit conference in Austin in two weeks:

Voice & Exit is an event built around a simple idea: human flourishing. We want to explore, celebrate and implement ideas that enable people to find well being, life meaning and stronger connection to others. Sometimes flourishing starts with transformation: speaking up (Voice) or opting out of the status quo (Exit) and creating something new.In a world that is increasingly rife with new insights and innovations that enable flourishing, it can be hard to keep up. Voice & Exit helps navigate all these promising pathways and equips people with the tools for personal and social transformation.

Along with exploring ideas that better enable us to flourish as individuals–such as biohacking, health optimization, positive psychology and expanded consciousness–we explore ways to develop new social operating systems that support happy, healthy, and free societies.

Human flourishing ultimately depends on peaceful cooperation among individuals with overlapping values and complementary preferences. Together we can create a world that supports this vision.

The era of coercion is passing away.

The era of Cooperation and Connection has just begun.

The conference will focus on 12 dimensions of human flourishing and will feature sessions on topics such as:

• Human Wellness/Optimization
• Biohacking
• Startup Culture
• Decentralization
• Hacking Willpower & Flow
• Disrupting Education

There will also be super cool speakers like:

• Cody Wilson -- 3D printing
• Laura Bosworth -- 3D Bio Printing
• T.K. Coleman -- Disrupting Education
• Zacary Caseres -- Startup Cities

The whole event looks phenomenal; purchase tickets here.