Today’s episode is another one in the style of episodes 10 and 25 with Niklas' thoughts, synthesizing 1 year of work with the podcast and a VC fund.
First, you’ll hear a recording of Niklas's talk at Zuzalu, Vitalik Buterin’s pop-up city in Montenegro. The speech can be watched on YouTube as well.
The talk shows the progress made by startup cities and network states, and argues that this is a pivotal moment to unleash a wave of new technological progress; the zero-to-ones are already out there - it's no longer a dream.
Afterward, Niklas shares impressions of Zuzalu - he believes the key innovation is to prove the impact of in-person civility, bringing together a highly aligned online community in one place to live and build together. In one quote, it was "a university campus on steroids, with people that actually care and actually build."
Zuzalu is already resulting in a couple of new initiatives, some led by Infinita VC taking place within the next couple of months.
(1) African Regenerative Cities & Futures @ FreeFlow Eden Zanzibar
July 20-23, 2023: This is an event to bring together entrepreneurs, artists, and governance innovators with a focus on African cities & technology.Sign-up & more info here: https://lu.ma/zanzibar_regen
(2) ETH Latam in Honduras and Prospera Buildweeks
October 26-28, 2023: This is the core Ethereum conference for the continent.
Watch out for sign-up news here: https://mirror.xyz/ethhonduras.eth
Afterward, for all of November, we plan to do a 4-week mini-Zuzalu in Prospera called “Prospera Buildweeks”. - during that time we will do two conferences: Crypto & Futurism, Longevity & Decentralised Science, as well as a Prospera General Summit.
Updates on sign-ups are here: https://t.me/+xhTw-dudXBc1NmE6
(3) Founders' Journey - Start a Longevity Network State in Latin America
This is a 2-month long journey for biotechnologists, renegade life scientists, and relentless entrepreneurs to radically supercharge human health and extend lifespan, by creating of a longevity-focused network state in Latin America.
Sign-up & more info here: https://lu.ma/longevity-journey
Ep. 51: Learnings from Zuzalu & the Ethereum Movement, Niklas' talk about New Cities & Network States x Technology and Upcoming Initiatives in Africa & Latam