Hello everyone! [Voices Of Asgardia Radio](http://voicesofasgardia.com/ "VOA Homepage") is looking for 2 to 4 voicers, people to record jingles and ads and infomercials for the radio station. Preferably, you have acces to recording equipment, a vocal booth and you speak either fluent Mandarin or fluent Hindi. You can send your submissions to: admin@voicesofasgardia.com

Hello everyone! Biomimicry is the part of biology where engineers look at what an animal can do and try to mimic that in their inventions. A common misconception about biomimicry is that it uses animals in their machines, but that is not the case. In biomimicry we look at nature and use it as an template. Let me give an example: The most popular example is gecko feet. The little creatures are able to climb upside down on a seiling, making use of intermolecular forces. The reason they can do this is because they have have really big atoms on the underside of their feet. Scientists and engineers tried to make small robots that use this concept to climb walls, and they actually managed to do it. I think this is important because animals are easily forgotten when inventing things. We might be able to use systems found in animals to optimize life at our new home. Leave your ideas in the comments below, I would love to hear them! Greetings Jens

Observing that : *- Asgardia was established from the ideal of scientific excellence ;* *- There has never been, in the history of mankind, the opportunity to carefully design a completely new economic system ;* *- The present topics focus mainly on currency and resources without proper framework ;* I wish to weigh in on the discussion of Asgardian economics, presenting my knowledge of economic theory for the Asgardian greater good. Since Asgardia is supposed to establish itself as a beacon for scientific excellence, I propose the following : we construct, from generally accepted economic theory, a framework in which we would like the Asgardian economy to operate, from which we can futher derive practical implementation. Also, considering the ability of a scientific society and the eagerness with which fellow Asgardians have promoted the use of a digital block-chain currency, we must consider a framework that is flexible enough to allow experimentation. But first, to create our base economic framework, we must determine our core value that determines the theoretic framework we will apply. We are confronted with three possibilities for how we want the Asgardian state to operate: *1 A pure liberal (libertarian) state, in which the government collects a very limited budget to support its main tasks (i.e. security and justice), economic policy is based on the Laissez-Faire principle;* *2 A Welfare state, in which the state allows for individual decision making, private ownership and entrepreneurship but tries to limit (or completely eliminate) externalities and market failures and protects its citizens against the hardships of the market;* *3 A communist/Marxian state, in which the state functions as a benevolent social planner, owns all properties and determines all inputs and outputs.* Note that this is in essence a philosophical question that ought to be presented before the whole Asgardian population. Yet, for the sake of the argument I will propose the following: *- Given that Asgardia ought to improve scientific research and that there will be large costs for the promotion of space travel/exploration, a pure liberal state will not suffice;* *- Given that current Asgardians are spread out over planet Earth (and with the future in mind, will be spread out across the galaxy), a central planner won’t suffice either;* *- Lastly, a pure liberal state assumes externalities and market failure do not exist and a central planner assumes perfect knowledge, thus a welfare state system can be perfectly replicated if certain parameters in the models are adapted accordingly.* Therefor I propose the ‘Welfare state’ as our core value to further the analysis. To continue the construction of a fundamental economic framework for Asgardia, the main actors of the economy must be revised. I will derive these main actors from Macroeconomic theory. Macroeconomic theory distinguishes between Short-run equilibrium and Long-run equilibrium. These can be represented in the following (basic) formulas: SR: Y = C + I + G + E – Z LR: Y = f(K,H,A,L) Where we have: Y: aggregate output or more generally GDP; C: private consumption I: private investment G: government expenditure E: export Z: import F(.): the production function (which is usually determined as a Cobb-Douglas function, but that is not necessary at this point) K: the capital stock (with which is meant the total of infrastructure, machines, etc, not standard idea of capital in the form of financial assets) H: human capital, mostly represented as education and experience A: technological progress L: labour From this we can derive some main actors: 1. Consumers (or more clearly: the citizens of Asgardia), who: consume, invest in housing, invest in their education and supply labour; 2. Firms: that invest in the capital stock, invest in research and development and demand labour; 3. The government: that applies taxes, transfers, invests in public capital such as roads, pays for public consumption and invests in human capital (insofar it pays for public education) and public research (either through government agencies or through public universities); 4. Foreign countries: determine the terms for export and import; Our further analysis should involve the determinants for these actors. Note that so far the question of money has not been touched! I would like to hear some opinions first, before I continue my analysis of an appropriate framework. (Also, I have exams so I have but limited time at the moment xD ) One humanity, one unity!

Is er enige interesse voor een Nederlands board en zijn er leden van Nederland actief aanwezig op de site? Zo ja reageer op deze subforum! This is to see if there are any interest for the Dutch people :)

Hello everyone, My name is Thomas. 33y old. I'm a psychiatric nurse working in a semi-closed admissions ward. My interests include science, technology and the search for answers to this life and the next :) I am proud to be part of this endeavor, to lay the foundation for future generations. Namasté

Ik heb vele vragen ivm Asgardia. Welke is de reden dat Igor een natie wil oprichten en zijn zijn bedoelingen wel zo vredelievend als we allemaal willen geloven. Ik heb altijd geleerd dat het niet aangewezen is om zomaar blind vertrouwen te hebben in 1 leider. Het heeft al velen het leven gekost. Zal een 2de nationaliteit ons geen serieuze juridische problemen opleveren? Kunnen er belastingen geëist worden in beide landen? Waar halen ze de miljarden euro's om een natie van de grond te krijgen. Ik weet wel dat het momenteel allemaal vrijwilligers werk is wat gebeurd. Is voor Igor al het vrijwilligers werk geen slinkse manier om goedkoop zijn doel te bereiken? Wat weten we in godsnaam over onze founding father behalve hetgeen wat hier en daar in een artikeltje staat geschreven en zal hij werkelijk in de toekomst de macht uit handen geven? Kan ik als ik indien gewenst mij als burger van Asgardia uitschrijven Ik stel de vragen hier alhoewel ik er nog vele heb omdat mijn Engels niet voldoende is. Als iemand zich geroepen voelt te vertalen zou ik dat enorm fijn vinden. Bedankt allemaal.

Language starts from slang, slang starts from words that are baked into our vocabulary. Let's share some words we use a lot in our native language and natural habitats. **For exception**, Cursing is allowed here as long as people don't get offended.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YEZaE4-6MHs (Boy Drawing a picture of his crush in class HD) It's something that made me happy to see. I hope it will work on others as well.

Hey everyone, I'm also a first time poster here, though I've been lurking about. I just hope that with the forums being up, we can make something great out of Asgardia together as one united people. I seriously love this idea. Enjoy and have a great life. Until we meet in real.

Instructions: Write a story inside this thread You may only use 5 words The 5 words you use need to fit with the Previous 5 words given by the user before you It would be fun if you do it both in English and your mother language Ex.: Post1: Once upon a time there Dutch.: Ooit op een dag was Post2: Was a giant dwarf inside Dutch.: er een grote dwerg binnen in Post3: The international Immigration center where Dutch.: het internationaal imigratiecenter waar Post4: ... ... ... ... I'll Start: Today is the day there Dutch.: Vandaag is de dag dat er

Some question about refugees - Something to think about How would you determine the difference between legal and illegal refugees? Would all refugees be allowed into Asgardia or only a certain number? Would refugees be allowed to bring in family? Even if these family members are in a safe place elsewhere? Would refugees be allowed to move freely? Would refugees be allowed to stay in Asgardia, after the conflict in his/her country is resolved? When answered no. how about students and fully adapted refugees or refugee babies? What would be the criteria to be recognized as an refugee? Would refugees get the same benefits as citizens Ex. right to vote, learn,work, own property, get married,... etc....

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I know this is way to early but i think everyone's "house" should be the same size, taking into account ofcourse how many people are living in one "house" like a family of four gets a bigger house then a family of three just because of the extra bed. This to avoid creating a class-system. What is everyone's thought of this?

What general language should we use on the belgian chapter forum so we can all understand eachother perfect? Do we keep talking in our 3 different languages or are we going to speak english or do we combine our 3 languages in 1 new? In the last case whe should need help from people with linguïstiq skills