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American
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A colossal monument
to freedom and
human triumph in
San Francisco Bay
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The Colossus of Prometheus
over Alcatraz
A lightning rod
for the
noble destiny
of
The West
An emblem of
cultural power,
spiritual
revitalization,
and
human purpose…
an emblem of the
American Covenant:
freedom
and
the pursuit of
happiness.
WHY PROMETHEUS?
Prometheus imbued Man with ingeniousness, indefatigable optimism and grit in service of great vision.
He represents the spirit of innovation and courage for the purpose of building, for the inborn nobility which elevates humanity to monumental thinking and achievement.
His symbol is THE ARCHETYPAL AMERICAN SYMBOL.
His symbol also profoundly describes the Bay and its technology leadership, which is the spearpoint for Western leadership of the technological future more broadly.
There is no more fresh, vital, and inspiring figure than Prometheus for the future about to unfold and the Renaissance in which we must embark.
WHY ALCATRAZ?
The jewel in the heart of the most beautiful harbor in the world…
…purpose-built for glorious optimism…
is yet squandered.
Alcatraz Prison is an historically uninteresting, defunct and dilapidated Ceaucescu-style side-show. An unworthy use of such a gift.
Today it symbolizes bleakness and regression, of what happens to a city and a society when ideological degeneration takes root. A mockery of our people and our ways.
We have the singular opportunity today to build a symbol of beauty and heroism that will stand 1,000 years.
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American Prometheus
January 1st, 2023
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VIDEO
OUR BOARD
Ross Calvin
Executive Director
Dr. Jason Reza Jorjani
Director
Dario Mutabdzija
Director
ROSS CALVIN
Executive Director
Ross is a digital asset entrepreneur and founder of Parhelion Corp, a digital asset mining and bitcoin-focused venture studio. His work has been defined by a passion for the institution of sound money and that contributing to reengineering the monetary order is the most powerful and moral way to restore humanity’s creative genius.
For 15 years, Ross has relentlessly sought opportunities emerging from monetary dislocation around the world. Prior to Parhelion Ross was the founder/manager of Agrigentum Capital, a global macro manager in currencies, volatility and emerging market equity which was the first hedge fund strategy comprehensively rooted in the Austrian School of Economics. Agrigentum began experiments with Bitcoin mining in 2013 and in 2017 developed technology targeting the reinvention of the petrodollar. Ross is also the manager of Shadowline Capital, a builder of boutique properties which seek to instill poetic sensemaking for a fragmenting world.
View his missive and forthcoming conversation series Fire, Profit & Transcendence, covering topics such as mythology, poetry, entrepreneurship, global macro, and decentralized money.
He has resided in China and North Africa and lives in Wyoming. He graduated from Southern Methodist University with a BA in Economics and Mandarin.
JASON REZA JORJANI, PhD
Director
Jason Reza Jorjani, PhD is a philosopher from New York City. He received his BA and MA from New York University, and his PhD in Philosophy from the State University of New York (Stony Brook).
Jorjani is the author of a dozen books. His first book, Prometheus and Atlas won the 2016 Book Award of the Parapsychological Association. He is also a member of the Society for Scientific Exploration (SSE).
Jorjani has taught courses on Science, Technology, and Society (STS), the History of Philosophy, Heidegger, Comparative Religion, and the History of Iran at several universities in Greater Gotham.
Some of Jorjani’s surrealist/futurist artwork can be found on his website.
He is the founder of Prometheism or the Prometheist Movement: prometheism.com.
DARIO MUTABDZIJA
Director
Dario Mutabdzija is a dynamic entrepreneur, international attorney and blockchain-focused venture investor.
He was born in Sarajevo, experiencing the violence of the Bosnian War. As an immigrant to the United States he earned a BS from the University of Hawaii and a joint-JD from McGeorge School of Law and the University of Salzburg, Austria. In 2011 Dario launched the Blueseed Seasteading project and was legal director for the Seasteading Institute.