This will be my first post, and as this is my first post here, I thought I would share with you my first memory of my own investigation to try to understand who I am, why I am here, and the questions around life the universe and everything. I remember it was night, and I was lying on my back on the wild lawn in the darkness, just outside of the pool of light from the A-framed house my dad built with his own hands on a stretch of African soil next to a smallish mountain, looking up at the billions of stars whispering in the night. From inside the house floated the sound of my mother playing piano and I was wondering if I may not just be a dog, having a dream that it is a human. Dogs were part of my frame of reference as my parents are animal lovers and we always had an assortment of dogs, cats, chickens, sheep, ducks and I remember a cow being part of the family picture as well. There were short-stay creatures such as a black talking crow and a white crested eagle my mother somehow became the caretaker of, until they chose to return to the wild which were not very far away, there at the foot of the Magalliesburg Mountains. "No," I then thought, looking at the dome of stars, "I think I might be a tiny creature inside a giant's snow globe, sitting on an enormous shelf in a gigantic giant house. " I paraphrase of course. There is no way I remember the precise thought, I must have been nine or ten, as that was when those mountains were the backdrop of my life. But I do remember the train of thought, as then my heart ached because of my inability to create such beautiful music as my mother - she tried to teach me to play - but it just didn't take. And now, as I am here, I am convinced I can still experience that same feeling of awe as I closed my eyes and surrendered to the sound, as the music folded around me with the warm summer-night air of the South-African high veldt. And I thought "Imagine, I couldn't hear this .." Imagine, no-one in the world could hear, the evocative beauty of music would have no meaning - if no-one could see, the passion embedded in each work of art would go unnoticed. And then I opened my eyes and looked up at the stars, and as I was engulfed in the immensity of the African night I somehow in my nine-year old brain formulated the meaning of my life as it still stands today - that I am the observer, the wonderer. The one who listens in rapture to the music, who loses herself in the beauty of works of art, and books, and sculptures and photos and plants and insects and birds and trees and stars and humans. And as one only truly appreciate something once you understand it, I am the one who asks questions, the one who will constantly learn and teach, so that I can learn more. To seek the mystery, to remain in awe.

Having 12 ministries as functional departments to lead and grow the nation. However, I'd like to discuss how the leaders of these ministries would be chosen. In a standard Earthly democracy, all 12 would normally be selected by a President. Of course, for practical reasons, the founding Father will do this for the first crew, as already announced. After that, elections would be held periodically to see who would serve as ministry heads in the future. Again, in standard Earthly democracies, normally, the whole population would be solicited to vote on all 12. However, we know that Earthly democracy has many failings, one primary failing of democracy itself, as shown in recent scientific papers, is that people that don't know much about something specific, like a specific Ministry, cannot distinguish who is the Best candidate to who is a Mediocre one. On the other hand, experts in the field can without any problem. In order to raise the bar and have only the best Ministry leaders available to us, I recommend we employ the concept of Selective Democracy to select Ministry leaders. Here is how it can work: 1. Each Asgardian is assigned to a Ministry based on expertise and profession i.e. Teachers are assigned to the Ministry of Youth & Education, Clerks are assigned to the Ministry of Administrative Affairs etc... Every Asgardian must be assigned to a Ministry. I suppose some could be assigned to more than 1 ministry if their expertise makes them an expert in more than one defined field. 2. When it is time for a vote, Ministry Leader candidates are selected by the body of people assigned to the Ministry if more than 10 people, as a group, put up a specific name (to create a pool of wanted candidates that stand out somewhat within the population due to their ideas, positions etc....). No self-candidatures allowed, as being Ministry Leader should not be an ego-boosting, power-tripping act but an act of servitude to the people. 3. The people assigned to the Ministries as a whole can see the list of candidates put forth, credentials and body of work, and read/view the candidate's ideas/platforms after the candidates are made aware of their candidature etc.... 4. The people assigned to the Ministries as a whole then can vote for who they think is the best to represent the whole of Asgardia, for their specific Ministry, as experts in that particular part of governance. 5. Positions of leadership should be kept for a few years (4 is a good starting number), and then the Ministry leader must step down to make room for another. Past Leaders can serve as direct advisers as needed but cannot be re-elected for a second term, ever. Of course, this system can be modified somewhat but the general idea is to avoid mediocrity in leadership as well as chest-thumping/ego-stroking political positioning as seen in current Earthly democracy. We should be an enlightened people and not copy systems with obvious failings. :)

Hi everybody, I'm just came by to let myself be known to anybody who reading this. This community actually is quite a safe destination The day i cannot forget.

Sabemos que el impulso del gobierno es necesario para que todos los planes que hemos realizado dentro del comité de ciudadanía puedan aterrizar de forma efectiva es muy afortunado el nombramiento de nuestro compañero Ivan Rosel, es una persona con enorme energía e inteligencia para colocar estructuras donde es necesario. Asi que en este espacio le brindamos un saludo cordial y amistoso.

Mi nombre es David, hijo de Martín, nieto de Lufer. Y paso rápidamente por aquí a compartir un fugaz pensamiento, siempre me fascino el espacio, la ciencia, la tierra, el océano, los procesos químicos que ocurren detrás de todo, intente estudiar química dos años seguidos pero por alguna razón me fue mal, no me he rendido pero a veces me pregunto si soy un renegado que no se adapta a la institución. Luego entre en una sopa de dudas y preguntas, hasta llegue a pensar que no podría atribuir nada útil a la sociedad actual, mucho menos a Asgardia! Y sigo lleno de dudas, pero hace tiempo empezó una carrera de oficio, me acerque a un Luthier, (fabricante de instrumentos musicales) uno de los grandes y mas profesionales, y le pedí aprender con él, pues, además de la ciencia, siento una fuerte pasión por el arte, sobre todo por la música, y este hombre, por alguna razón me acepto y no quiso recibir mi dinero, me instruyo y sigue instruyendo, ahora se ha vuelto mi trabajo y aun me falta bastante por mejorar... Amo el arte, amo la ciencia, amo la tierra y al espacio y no quiero darle celos a ninguno pero, en mi afán por especializarme en la lutheria, quizás no llegue a ser un científico completo, solo mantengo el espíritu, será de utilidad para Asgardia personas como yo? Quizás falte mucho para que Asgardia tome lugar en la orbita terrestre y yo no llegue a ese día, o quizás si, pero llevaran algún luthier a las estrellas? Llevaran el arte al infinito?

Hi Fellow Asgardians, so excited to be a part of this community! So i am so proud and thrilled to be involved in the entire Asgardian idea, as I'm noticing (as we all likely are), that the world seems to be falling apart around us. I'm in a place where, should this idea become a reality, I just don't know where I'd fit into this society. I'm definitely a tech person, but I work in Enterprise Software Sales, so I really don't feel that that the only expertise that someone with the ability to talk to people and work out deals is to be in politics, but that's really something I'd rather avoid. I'm good at building things when i have instructions and a guidepost to follow, but by no means am I an expert. I'm also a sci-fi/fantasy writer, but have put those dreams on hold while i build a career for my family to have financial security and stability. I'm also astute at MMA and Martial Arts as that has been my primary source of exercise and fitness for over a decade. So I'm a fighter but wouldn't really want to join any kind of security Asgardia might need to have in place in the future. So as you can see I'm all over the place! If the proverbial crap hits the fan and a nation like Asgardia is the place my family and I will seek refuge, what kind of work would I be qualified for? I know this is a bit of a strange rant for my first post, but I would just want to be of service and I'm curious as to what you more experienced citizens might recommend. Thank you for indulging this long and obnoxious post haha, and I'm super excited to join you on this journey!