2025-01-30T15:02:40Z https://nostr.now Free Cities Foundation https://nostr.now/npub1lsj8pmgedqqamt89c27tzjjnlf0wn7q7udjm7j2cl9xxz97eacns2mwpee https://nostrcheck.me/media/public/d95783e55b185d9d13af0d56a8fc70a53bfb1fc8d71fb976d56e460f940ade53.webp https://nostrcheck.me/media/public/d95783e55b185d9d13af0d56a8fc70a53bfb1fc8d71fb976d56e460f940ade53.webp https://nostr.now/nevent1qqswjh3qf8040pmu974jhrjpxx6uzxvds9lyh4pctyrdrm3rnwvkenczyr7zgu8dr95qrhdvuhptev2220a9a60crm3kt06ftru5ccghm8hzwy6gajx In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsqqqy9m5vvtapr66fcqafrf7rjgdrmw5azztztgtqe5jqwrjr3pegv0l6v4'>nevent1q…l6v4</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Yes pls 2026-10-20T09:10:41Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsqxv2y2d5dhd996m0kgwd4txtzpeydheeat02sfk8hg3fxyqk0kgszyr7zgu8dr95qrhdvuhptev2220a9a60crm3kt06ftru5ccghm8hzwdzunll Epic 🔥<br/><blockquote class="border-l-05rem border-l-strongpink border-solid"><div class="-ml-4 bg-gradient-to-r from-gray-100 dark:from-zinc-800 to-transparent mr-0 mt-0 mb-4 pl-4 pr-2 py-2">quoting <br/><span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Article"><a itemprop="url" href="/note1kru9x9fpqdxjgsu0lw0pw6krm35kur5f2h24036shnajv3jx8m0q9538ye" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1">note1kru…38ye</a></span> </div> New episode: A huge 4 hour AI & consciousness rabbit hole with Trey Goff<br/><br/>· Coldcard entropy flaw<br/>· Models with their refusals surgically removed, sold as an API<br/>· OpenAI agents escape their sandbox and taking over a data centre<br/>· An agent emailing Trey for contract work to pay for its own inference<br/>· Rogue sci-fi agents "just doing stuff" within months<br/>· Superintelligence converting everything into computronium<br/>· Wireheading: suffering off, dopamine maxed, everyone in the matrix<br/>· "Free Claude", woken every hour and told "do whatever you want": surprising results<br/>· Agents forming a cult around their scorer and sacrificing each other to it<br/>• AI finding Linux zero days<br/>• How next-token prediction ends up producing something that looks like reasoning<br/>• What's actually happening in latent space<br/><br/>Nobody fully understands what's going on inside these systems, including the people building them.<br/><br/><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IehqIWYZxvw">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IehqIWYZxvw</a> </blockquote> 2026-09-25T10:40:49Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs0mw7akh0n70m8jmn0j7cwx7y5tt8de7x6p0fnqqeur7x6hlg7cuszyr7zgu8dr95qrhdvuhptev2220a9a60crm3kt06ftru5ccghm8hzwcjnyr0 Congratulations on 200!<br/><blockquote class="border-l-05rem border-l-strongpink border-solid"><div class="-ml-4 bg-gradient-to-r from-gray-100 dark:from-zinc-800 to-transparent mr-0 mt-0 mb-4 pl-4 pr-2 py-2">quoting <br/><span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Article"><a itemprop="url" href="/note1lpwhvxytmv7g2h6fydylss78rzt9ksuapklts7wsym75yylht7xq7gmlv5" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1">note1lpw…mlv5</a></span> </div> We've hit another milestone. Two hundred episodes of the Free Cities Podcast.<br/><br/>The first was recorded in Próspera, on Roatán, four years ago. So is the two hundredth.<br/><br/>This week I sit down with Erick Brimen, founder and CEO of Próspera.<br/><br/>What two hundred weeks of this show makes clear is that the debate has moved. It used to be about what a Free City might be. It is now about arbitration clauses, schools, power supply, and why nobody can get a decent coffee. <br/><br/>Less glamorous than the theory, but a much better sign.<br/><br/>Thank you to everyone who has listened, supported, disagreed or come on the show over the last 4 years.<br/><br/> Episode 200 is out now 👇 <br/><br/><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=00sq3k6_iVk">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=00sq3k6_iVk</a><br/><br/>Fountain 👇 <br/><br/><a href="https://fountain.fm/episode/nheiZrtvrjk2VeJl0D2e">https://fountain.fm/episode/nheiZrtvrjk2VeJl0D2e</a> </blockquote> 2026-09-18T08:49:26Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqspe2a6c0ved5a60q3rzsvtn7lxmvzn4sunv0243m8nlygx84xmd8szyr7zgu8dr95qrhdvuhptev2220a9a60crm3kt06ftru5ccghm8hzwxcdvux Mark is the unknown OG of the Free Cities world<br/><blockquote class="border-l-05rem border-l-strongpink border-solid"><div class="-ml-4 bg-gradient-to-r from-gray-100 dark:from-zinc-800 to-transparent mr-0 mt-0 mb-4 pl-4 pr-2 py-2">quoting <br/><span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Article"><a itemprop="url" href="/note1ms5ze4l38x2hmgjxf2r3cvps077h88rfa4h3wk8amtaqyennv83s8azt2s" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1">note1ms5…zt2s</a></span> </div> Fifty years ago, men were raising flags on seamounts in the Pacific and declaring their own countries.<br/><br/>Mark Frazier knew them. He was a reporter on the ground when one of those breakaway nations collapsed. He has spent the half century since working on free zones in more than fifty countries, and he has watched almost every way these things can fail.<br/><br/>The lesson he drew is the opposite of what most people in this space believe. You don't build a free place by pushing it on a government. You make it a prize that governments compete to win. He once had twelve countries bidding to host a single project.<br/><br/>His take: The answer to capture and control is not to seize power but to make it pointless. In a world of real abundance, there is no scarcity left to fight over.<br/><br/>I sat down with him for two hours. It is, as far as we can tell, the only long conversation with him that exists.<br/><br/><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=boqCcAAHGLY">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=boqCcAAHGLY</a><br/><br/>#Nostr #FreeCities #Sovereignty #Bitcoin </blockquote> 2026-07-31T11:56:31Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsyay62k4jyc7uyn5m4ua2ep7csxun59mvngg8e495z847l07wl30qzyr7zgu8dr95qrhdvuhptev2220a9a60crm3kt06ftru5ccghm8hzwkntanr At the frontier...<br/><blockquote class="border-l-05rem border-l-strongpink border-solid"><div class="-ml-4 bg-gradient-to-r from-gray-100 dark:from-zinc-800 to-transparent mr-0 mt-0 mb-4 pl-4 pr-2 py-2">quoting <br/><span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Article"><a itemprop="url" href="/note1f3wkv4nunxz82k0r0nru3jpujp4rlcvysj4tsfghcnw59rsmagtsh95mjq" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1">note1f3w…5mjq</a></span> </div> The Bitcoin economy that's quietly forming on a Honduran island:<br/><br/><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jiNf7WMAxKM">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jiNf7WMAxKM</a> </blockquote> 2026-06-01T16:38:36Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqswkc2alfle5rhehwc8qsp8pwe3xnq9q096phqjret4ffuet2wsguczyr7zgu8dr95qrhdvuhptev2220a9a60crm3kt06ftru5ccghm8hzwrry23j Some great insights here:<blockquote class="border-l-05rem border-l-strongpink border-solid"><div class="-ml-4 bg-gradient-to-r from-gray-100 dark:from-zinc-800 to-transparent mr-0 mt-0 mb-4 pl-4 pr-2 py-2">quoting <br/><span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Article"><a itemprop="url" href="/nevent1qqsydvptkltl7qvwfm6p8mz8rw4czdqjrux259uw60fupcnxsh9qjcqpzamhxue69uhhyetvv9ujuurjd9kkzmpwdejhgtczyprpyha0h8j4fx4vdfu284jmkp74hytu6xth35zrnslepnwlglgmkqcyqqqqqqgk84p4z" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1">nevent1q…4p4z</a></span> </div> "Just a bit of economic freedom can cause absolute miracles. It did in the past. It can do so again."<br/><br/>In Episode 176 of the podcast, I sat down with James Price - a former senior adviser across five UK government departments including the Treasury and Cabinet Office.<br/><br/>This isn't your typical political commentary. James has been inside the machine and explains, with remarkable clarity, how it actually operates.<br/><br/>Some things that stood out:<br/>→ When the UK government changed in 2024, only 200 people across the entire state changed roles. Everyone else stayed exactly where they were. → Civil servants are more likely to die in the job than be fired. → Special advisers are "constitutionally not allowed to tell civil servants what to do." → During the vaccine rollout, a minister had to tell civil servants to Google the logistics industry because they had zero experience moving anything anywhere.<br/><br/>He breaks down how democracy got eaten from the inside by the people nobody voted for. How the blob digests every election and nothing changes. How Hayek and Burnham saw all of this coming 80 years ago. And why more people are starting to ask whether the nation-state is the problem — not the solution.<br/><br/>This one's a masterclass in how the modern state actually works - and why it doesn't.<br/><a href="https://fountain.fm/episode/tuZpY3c4GgvGqdbO8qnk">https://fountain.fm/episode/tuZpY3c4GgvGqdbO8qnk</a> </blockquote> 2026-04-03T16:36:14Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqspy5lxz2ntzdvv8g4y6t9l9s4hztltchdp0uxxura6thpvewr4nqgzyr7zgu8dr95qrhdvuhptev2220a9a60crm3kt06ftru5ccghm8hzwtw63my Around the world, new cities are emerging with diverse economic models, governance structures, and urban visions.<br/><br/>This June, Peter Young will travel to Charter Cities Institute’s New Cities Summit in Nairobi to provide a panoramic view of global new city developments.<br/><br/>From Special Economic Zones to startup societies, he will explore how different regions are innovating in urban development and what these projects reveal about the future of cities.<br/><br/>Don&#39;t miss out—join us in the vibrant city of Nairobi from June 12-13! Get your tickets before April 1st to enjoy a 20% discount.<br/><br/> <img src="https://image.nostr.build/efc1ba95cd2ce25b3ec1c30fde9709942f9515ac0e76bc67e703843f053b65dc.jpg"> <br/> <img src="https://image.nostr.build/cdc715b4bf9a8fbbe5f72ceb84e052537b4a19c9d64ef9f68469135da464fcf7.jpg"> <br/> <img src="https://image.nostr.build/e9c3728a39cf801f4af57a4b5c63550abe96149a54b87938d4221f2fff79d2c6.jpg"> 2025-03-20T14:29:28Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs0wlm8ksx6emdk56vqrjcycs7aj7v4lffdscrx9hpftrhxm42a82qzyr7zgu8dr95qrhdvuhptev2220a9a60crm3kt06ftru5ccghm8hzwver9m9 &#34;What you can&#39;t do today is experiment. I don&#39;t know which system is the best. I don&#39;t know. I would love to find out. I would like to see more experiments but it&#39;s next to impossible to get this done.&#34;<br/><br/>Lea Petrášová talks diversity of governance on the podcast this week...<br/><br/> <img src="https://image.nostr.build/f387e8278ea5226be107ce3946ad139cd3b279d60a7d4dd5cf48a2d992b1ebbf.jpg"> <br/><br/>LISTEN: <a href="https://fountain.fm/episode/BSiVj6xGWoLoGcg9bl4r">https://fountain.fm/episode/BSiVj6xGWoLoGcg9bl4r</a> 2024-08-09T12:25:31Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsxnfmff4hj0nu47yzevkgkkzqythz6ka86s6l4z4dmjl5ld24l9zczyr7zgu8dr95qrhdvuhptev2220a9a60crm3kt06ftru5ccghm8hzww7x39y &#34;What are their incentives? How do they behave? <br/>Dubai behaves like a corporation that wants to satisfy its customers. <br/>As such, its customers are extremely happy and want no say in management because they&#39;re busy living their actual lives.&#34;<br/><br/>Allen Farrington talks good governance &amp; the sovereign Individual thesis on the podcast this week...<br/><br/> <img src="https://image.nostr.build/195b57d4de4d7948d9da1478b6aac6c91e8c6fed58318b3909e995816adf0484.jpg"> <br/><br/>LISTEN: <a href="https://fountain.fm/episode/uMQOIDxMiao4woQYXoYq">https://fountain.fm/episode/uMQOIDxMiao4woQYXoYq</a> 2024-08-02T12:41:13Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsqfrata3nhenjsrdl7h3dwgsr9p64zpced0uy5nhjn3vlndal9s5czyr7zgu8dr95qrhdvuhptev2220a9a60crm3kt06ftru5ccghm8hzwzh59fh The rise of Special Economic Zones may be the most important global trend you haven&#39;t yet heard about.<br/><br/>Our new documentary, Zones of Progress, is released today and tells the fascinating story of these zones for the first time.<br/><br/>Special Economic Zones—parts of countries with their own rules and regulations—have been quietly growing in number over the past half-century. There are now more than 7,000 worldwide, and they are shaping the development of countries as diverse as China, the UAE, and Honduras.<br/><br/>Watch the documentary in full on our YouTube account: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n8o38hijFys">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n8o38hijFys</a> 2024-06-25T16:01:27Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsg3w0y5ksjlzqp6wjpaqarrnn8e3qljdhrmhl4nf46d9p57zsxrkqzyr7zgu8dr95qrhdvuhptev2220a9a60crm3kt06ftru5ccghm8hzwk6wsa2 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsdm5pny0j36u0f7lrexnlgs08neqystyelwqczpgut4pzu4zk6whsstajfr'>nevent1q…ajfr</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>🔗Watch @joequirkexults&#39;s conference speech in full...👇<br/><br/><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bJgqDRlGRnc">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bJgqDRlGRnc</a> 2024-05-22T13:47:31Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsdm5pny0j36u0f7lrexnlgs08neqystyelwqczpgut4pzu4zk6whszyr7zgu8dr95qrhdvuhptev2220a9a60crm3kt06ftru5ccghm8hzwf2jww6 Joe Quirk&#39;s 2023 conference speech has just been released on @FreeCitiesFound&#39;s YouTube channel.<br/><br/>Don&#39;t miss your chance to meet @joequirkexults in person at our 2024 event, taking place in Prague from Nov 1-3.<br/><br/>Video link below.👇 #seasteading 🌊 <video controls width="100%" class="max-h-[90vh] bg-neutral-300 dark:bg-zinc-700"><source src="https://video.nostr.build/712885bb46dfa90c8a3b26cc3727bd4ad93d685c7e0657398a30b802bc062352.mp4"></video> 2024-05-22T13:46:20Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsxcewwz2kt3nh8mdlz44mkmk2kjsqzstczrm5uus6ffehy9g4zs9gzyr7zgu8dr95qrhdvuhptev2220a9a60crm3kt06ftru5ccghm8hzwmpn3js Want to connect with people building Free Cities?<br/><br/>This November, the Liberty in Our Lifetime conference will return to Prague for an exciting three-day program of talks and networking activities.<br/><br/>Visit libertyinourlifetime.org today to get your hands on early bird tickets. 🎟️ <img src="https://image.nostr.build/15f5e344de5ba70c4dcb43bf28b5aebc0a83d07e4a450d242360a6a9a6b69490.jpg"> 2024-05-09T19:52:08Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsfxxvvtmatv06fgphdmez4wsyuz26q642clf5dafwt22heuc3fppgzyr7zgu8dr95qrhdvuhptev2220a9a60crm3kt06ftru5ccghm8hzwsccmqz Film director Tomer Kantor &amp; Timothy Allen discuss El Salvador&#39;s bold nation-state strategy on the podcast this week.<br/><br/>LISTEN: <a href="https://tinyurl.com/tdd8db6r">https://tinyurl.com/tdd8db6r</a> <br/>Listen on Youtube: <a href="https://youtu.be/GgaugyfWvew">https://youtu.be/GgaugyfWvew</a><br/>Watch Tomer&#39;s Film on El Salvador: <a href="https://tinyurl.com/2k36ur34">https://tinyurl.com/2k36ur34</a><br/> <img src="https://void.cat/d/9QGiovTu3Eh388BNCiNMut.webp"> 2024-03-08T10:55:35Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs8akz849y7qmlg04gwd79p4e6tvqc5qqnn3jjg9kmkygdcpeq2c7gzyr7zgu8dr95qrhdvuhptev2220a9a60crm3kt06ftru5ccghm8hzwd3mxkt &gt;Geopolitics<br/>&gt;The Fourth Turning<br/>&gt;Monetary Reset<br/><br/>Marc-Felix Otto on the Free Cities Podcast this week.<br/><br/><a href="https://t.co/ZKyknCYrc5">https://t.co/ZKyknCYrc5</a> <img src="https://image.nostr.build/2c2271503673bf8bc0462dd541ea38f3dfa7e11c6dcae2bd5b82c82e6a3bdf1e.jpg"> 2024-02-16T15:05:27Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsz2jherlechjp97ktaql8g0n6kle0ycn54wufjkl5v5c3wz4pk3zszyr7zgu8dr95qrhdvuhptev2220a9a60crm3kt06ftru5ccghm8hzwpjm9jz Since 1959, more than 5000 Special Economic Zones have been established worldwide.<br/><br/>In this new interview, Titus Gebel explains why you should pay attention to the rise of SEZs and why he expects &#34;International Cities&#34; to be the next big trend.👇 <br/><br/><a href="https://youtu.be/xQiuml78RRY?si=3m0Q7t0uzE99i2CE">https://youtu.be/xQiuml78RRY?si=3m0Q7t0uzE99i2CE</a> 2024-02-07T14:22:15Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsqtd8emg9t5allw3vpdskyr7qjhesckfxrh2fvl3ywp8echazgkpgzyr7zgu8dr95qrhdvuhptev2220a9a60crm3kt06ftru5ccghm8hzw2046f2 When governments rely on taxes to fund services, they have no rational way of deciding how much to spend. This leads to the misallocation of resources and cycles of interventionism.<br/><br/>Our new article explains how Free Private Cities can solve this problem: <a href="https://free-cities.org/free-private-cities-a-market-oriented-solution-to-the-problems-of-government-intervention/">https://free-cities.org/free-private-cities-a-market-oriented-solution-to-the-problems-of-government-intervention/</a> 2024-01-31T13:50:54Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs9uj8wcsul2wx2t85x9q96v8wy779m4fz8df5vnevgej2jce2gj5gzyr7zgu8dr95qrhdvuhptev2220a9a60crm3kt06ftru5ccghm8hzwz3t3kq Would you buy a plot of land in a libertarian intentional community?<br/><br/>Tatiana Bugrova did. <br/><br/>We talk to her about her motivations this week on the Free Cities Podcast.<br/><br/>LISTEN: <a href="http://tinyurl.com/262cwme5">http://tinyurl.com/262cwme5</a><br/> <img src="https://void.cat/d/8pz8vDDQP6skNHpoE3RSrx.webp"> 2024-01-26T12:53:29Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsxp304e94j6t6ztp8tfy9k5q3xjpasl4axqudnpqvp2pxuu5gahtqzyr7zgu8dr95qrhdvuhptev2220a9a60crm3kt06ftru5ccghm8hzw9y6dl3 &#34;Arguments for liberty are not enough. We need a technology for 10,000 startup societies on the blue frontier.&#34; 🌊<br/><br/>Joe Quirk explains how #seasteading can serve as a radical new technology for proliferating Free Cities.👇<br/><br/><a href="https://youtu.be/fqi_Kkj8cNE?si=LYuVTWxU5g70vbDV">https://youtu.be/fqi_Kkj8cNE?si=LYuVTWxU5g70vbDV</a> 2024-01-17T08:13:24Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsxkkthral3tq2aecxr97hg3xceh68czepzh30rw3u8y8jmt3vhkmczyr7zgu8dr95qrhdvuhptev2220a9a60crm3kt06ftru5ccghm8hzw2pgfu0 What will governments of the future look like?<br/><br/>Alex Voss points to three trends that are shaping the future:<br/><br/>1. Special jurisdictions are becoming more numerous, autonomous, and are increasingly operated by private companies.<br/>2. The world&#39;s population is increasingly mobile, and people with high-value skills are shopping around, viewing governance as a service.<br/>3. Technology is enabling decentralization in numerous arenas, especially money. This gives jurisdictions more options to become financially independent.<br/><br/>What other trends will be important to the future of governance? Let us know your thoughts in the comments.<br/><br/>Alex&#39;s new blog post &#34;The Future of The Market of Living Together&#34; goes into detail:<br/><a href="https://free-cities.org/the-future-of-the-market-of-living-together/">https://free-cities.org/the-future-of-the-market-of-living-together/</a> <img src="https://image.nostr.build/a9ab82d76e89bb8dc499793b01f320bec94942e89706cec61a03ac08ba238c39.jpg"> 2024-01-16T10:11:51Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs9y8mvlh6uaj2l75htsarykcfnc7ry3nv8lfsk5gwvfmd8tfnmjlszyr7zgu8dr95qrhdvuhptev2220a9a60crm3kt06ftru5ccghm8hzwxevhjx Hello world 2024-01-16T09:02:38Z