HOW TO JUMP-START

AN INTERSTELLAR CIVILIZATIONBy Erika Ilves & Tyler Emerson

Prepared for 100YSS Symposium 2013, September 19-22, Houston, USATrack // Becoming an Interstellar Civilization: Culture, Governance and Ethics

Journalist:What do you think of Western civilization?Ghandi:I think it would be a good idea.

Civilization is

a cultural infrastructure designed for continued survival

and evolution of Earth-originating minds

in the universe.

Identity Goals Technology Organization

Cultural infrastructure

Extensive innovation

Getting from 1 to n

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extinction risk

THE JUMP

Interstellar

THE JUMP

$125 trillio

ninterstellar

mission

$65 trillion

world economy

THE JUMP

2013 2112

THE JUMPIDENTITY

GOALS

TECHNOLOGY

ORGANIZATION

Earthlings

Cosmic citizens

IDENTITY

IDENTITY

TIMEAll of timeNext 5 years

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IDENTITY

TIMEAll of timeNext 5 years

Univ

ers

e

SPA

CE

Eart

hAll future

generations

All of us now

CARE

My tribe

Earthlings

Cosmic citizens

IDENTITY

Movies$35B

Games$67B

Books$109B

INTERSTELLAR ART ACADEMYars ad astra

Big HistoryExistential RisksCosmographyPropulsionAstrobiologyLimits of the Possible

+Learning

from the Grand

Masters

Film

Writing

Gaming

Peace.Justice.

Prosperity.Sustainability.

Settle Milky Way.Seed life.Find others.GOALS

Peace.Justice.

Prosperity.Sustainability.

Settle Milky Way.Seed life.Find others.GOALS

Global public

discourse

Entre-preneur

s

In global policy foraThought Experiment:Going Interstellar as a Shortcut to Sustainability, Prosperity, Peace and Justice

In entrepreneurship fora Next 100 Years:

The Startups We Really Need

Crude energyOrbital space stationAgriculture & manufactureGlobal infrastructureGlobal internetHuman life extension

FusionStarshipsEngineered habitatsSolar system infrastructureGalactic internetBodies made for space

TECHNOLOGY

TECHNOLOGY

Space$277B

Bio-tech

$100B

Energy $6T

Mining $650B

Planetary ResourcesDeep Space Industries

Constructio

n $4.6T

OrganovoModern MeadowProject Persephone

IntelGooglePaypal Galactic

ICT$3.6T

think black sky

forget blue sky

INTERPLANETARY TECHNOLOGY & ECONOMY

ROADMAPINTERPLANETARY TECHNOLOGY & ECONOMY

ROADMAP

Semi-planetary marketInter-national governanceSemi-networked knowledge & people

Pan-solar marketPan-solar governanceKnowledge Civilization

ORGANIZATION

Designed by Apple on Earth. Assembled on Tau

Ceti e.

Interstellar civilizationis

the Ultimate Knowledge Society

Pan-solar marketPan-solar governanceKnowledge Civilization

ORGANIZATION

Org-revolutionari

es

Charter cities

Seasteaders

EVE Online

IDENTITY

GOALS

TECHNOLOGY

ORGANIZATION

Books

$109B

Space

$277B

Bio-tech

$100B

Energy$6T

Mining

$650B

Constructio

n $4.6T

Global public forae.g., WEF, Clinton Global Initiative

Entrepreneurship forae.g., TED, Skoll World Form

Organization revolutionariese.g., EVE Online, Charter Cities

$67B

Games$35B

Movies

ICT$3.6T

THE JUMP

2013 2112

So who is going to get all the balls

rolling?

Tau ZeroIcarus Interstellar100 Year Starship

The British Interplanetary Society

The Institute for Interstellar Studies

~1,000s of people?

We need to turn into one of these.

1 millionactive

members in an epic volunteer

organization that will energize our civilization

towards the stars

THE JUMP

Interstellar