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In this fireside chat at Edge City Patagonia with Timour Kosters, author Norman Ohler traces how psychoactive substances shaped world history. From Nazi Germany’s use of methamphetamine to the CIA’s LSD experiments and humanity’s deep evolutionary relationship with psychedelics. A wide-ranging conversation on power, consciousness, and the future of society. Norman's talk was supported by PsyDA...

Edge City co-founder Timour Kosters presented at the Network State Conference 2025 to share what we’ve built so far and where we’re headed next. Two years in, here’s what we’ve achieved as a society incubator: ✨ 7 popup villages worldwide ✨ 11,000+ participants ✨ $1M in grants given to frontier builders ✨ 50+ startups and projects supported We're hosting our next monthlong popup village in...

At Edge City Patagonia (Oct 18–Nov 15), residencies form the backbone of the village. Each brings together 5–50 people around a theme. In this roundtable conversation, we hear from residency hosts working on solarpunk futures, onchain tech, consciousness, meditation, biotech, regeneration, d/acc, AI, cypherpunk, and vibecoding. Learn more : https://www.edgecity.live/patagonia Apply to join : https...

Edge City gathers frontier minds to prototype new ways of living and building together. From October 18 to November 15, 2025 we're hosting our flagship popup village in the Patagonian lakeside town of San Martín de los Andes. Learn more about Edge City Patagonia: https://www.edgecity.live/patagonia David Hoffman from Bankless sat down with Edge City co-founder Timour Kosters to hear what Edge City...

Audrey Tang (Taiwan’s first Digital Minister) sits down for a fireside chat with Edge City’s Timour Kosters to talk about digital democracy, the philosophy of plurality, civic technology, and what the rest of the world can learn from Taiwan’s democratic experiments. Recorded at Edge Esmeralda, held in Healdsburg, CA, from May 24 - June 21, 2025. LINKS Audrey Tang: https://x.com/audreyt Timour Kost...

Glen Weyl builds new social technologies for collective decision-making, plural coordination, and democratic innovation. He leads the Plurality Institute and co-founded RadicalxChange to turn experimental ideas into institutional prototypes. In this conversation, Glen Weyl and host Timour Kosters explore the intersection of technology, democracy, and civic infrastructure. From Taiwan’s civic tech...

Kevin Owocki is the founder of Gitcoin and co-founder of Allo Capital, focused on regenerative crypto economics. Rena O'Brien is a web3 strategist and DAO builder with experience spanning Gitcoin and global capital networks. In this episode, Kevin and Rena explore why onchain capital allocation matters—and how programmable money can transform how we fund public goods, startups, and impact at scale...

In this conversation, we discuss why building the absurd before it becomes consensus is crucial for a flourishing future. Our guests are Lee Jacobs, Cyan Banister, Arielle Zuckerberg, and Z. Mike Wang from Long Journey VC. Links More info on Edge Esmeralda: https://www.edgeesmeralda.com More info on the Long Journey Residency: https://www.edgecity.live/blog/introducing-the-long-journey-residency-a...

What does it mean to lead a flourishing life, and how can we create a flourishing society? In this episode, Brink Lindsey dives deep into these fundamental questions, exploring the intersection of individual well-being and societal health. We discuss the "triple crisis" of inclusion, dynamism, and political dysfunction and its impact on progress. Brink unpacks the tension between material prosperi...

We chat with Matt Prewitt from RadicalxChange about rethinking communities through intentional design and social technology. The conversation explores various types of intentional communities, including affinity communities, individualist escape communities, and responsible experimenters. Matt highlights how responsible experimentation can create more sustainable and impactful spaces and argues th...

In this inaugural episode of the Edge City Podcast, host Timour Kosters sits down with Devon Zuegel and Janine Leger to explore Edge Esmeralda, a pop-up village experiment they organized in June 2024 that brought together 1,300 people who believe the future can be better and are actively working to make it happen. Devon is an accomplished writer and thinker with a background in software engineerin...