jbrenner assigns HOMEwork - Planning Atlantis
An assignment I give my students in almost every course I teach is what I call a questions and issues sheet. Students are asked to come up with a list of at least 25 questions and issues on a process design, product design, or failure analysis of my choosing. Students start by brainstorming either by themselves or in groups for 0.5 to 1 hour, and then categorize their questions and issues into the following categories: technical/engineering, economic, legal, regulatory, quality, environmental, safety, health, logistical, project management, and social impact. It is better for the questions and issues to be in the form of a question such that the question can be answered with a yes/no or a number. In that way, the exercise serves as a checklist to keep the project on track. Points are given for the number of questions, category coverage, identification of all of the key issues, depth of insight, creativity, and for thoroughness of the list. A critical issue not considered is often the project killer. Your assignment is to participate in this exercise for the development of a physical Atlantis.
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These discussions only go so far.
There was a larger point I was trying to make: a location is irreverent at this stage. The specific individuals involved are important, if that step is overlooked, one can be pretty sure that every subsequent step will be a failure.
Perhaps try starting a new topic yourself with your comments.
It's an entire subject in itself on how one could potentially do that. If the appropriate people do not exist, everything else is a non-starter.
Side note: one could use the example that you gave to judge the smartness of somebody.
But it really could be any technical problem. This (i.e point 1) is actually the relatively easy part, ( not claiming it's easy)
Point 3 is the hardest. I would recommend tiny projects, to address .3 :
For example see my webpage section titled: "Examples of ventures that can start small: " :
https://quberoot.wordpress.com/projec...
http://www.privateislandsonline.com/isla...
I think fixing up an old hotel is the best bang for the buck, but it lacks many of the virtues of a remote location. I like the idea of a small island off the US with an incubator / hackerspsace / hotel there. If it's part of the US, though, you lose the immigration benefit for startups with founders from different countries. I like Blueseed's notion of a ship, but their website has been down; I think they failed.
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