Episode Archive
"I felt very hopeful for my region that we could get this off the ground, because the reality is that reforming these countries in Central America and other places is just so hard and the incentives are so misaligned, so completely misaligned. My perspective after trying to reform in country is that you have to find...
"I believe that the ability to vote with your feet is true democracy. When you can relocate easily and decide what system, what jurisdiction works for you best."
"You are no longer dependent on elites to tell you what you're allowed to think and we should always be optimistic about that. I think, in a lot of ways, the insane censorship and this whole apparatus that's designed to keep us from speaking our minds is a reaction to the fact that we're winning the conversation jus...
" When I'm asked what will be happening with the Free Cities concept in the future, I would say that the most important thing is that the internet is shaping and changing the various known feelings such as belonging, such as origin, such as who I am, what am I for?... for most youngsters around the world... and over...
"This is one thing that the state is very successful at. It has managed to make people feel good about their own complacency. "
"We can succeed in this world. This is not a vale of tears. Life is not suffering, as Jordan Peterson would put it. We can succeed and our happiness is possible. And not only is it possible, it's good... that your life is your highest value, your own life."
"I think that the best can be the enemy of the good & the better , and sometimes we should be careful about saying that we have this vision of this fabulous idea, and overlook opportunities for incremental improvements to what exists now."
"We consider art a way of thinking, like a communication protocol. So when you want to talk about change of mindset. When you want to open minds, which is necessary if you want to spread freedom, art is one of the great tools. We've proved that."
"That's the ideal. That's what I think would work best... if you could only vote with your feet instead of voting in a political democratic system."
"These are the Cypherpunk ideals... to use modern day technologies to define and establish the property rights of individuals in cyberspace. And to make sure that theft and surveillance are not possible anymore."
"I think that the main trait of unschooled kids is that they ask questions and they want to find out more, whereas in school they are told what to do. It's a totally different way of growing up."
"If you go to court today, it's usually a battle with one winner and one loser... But I would like to explain to people that that's not always necessary and that there are situations where you can both be better off."
"Every good story is ultimately libertarian in nature."
"One thing you are in control of is your attitude and your mind. You can always find a little bit of freedom there. That's really where liberty starts and ends."
"I am very well aware that the state isn't going anywhere in our lifetimes. It will be a gradual process where it will become more and more irrelevant. This is how I would like things to evolve".
"Do you have a Plan B? Do you have a separate form of money? Can you move?... Are you building networks of security & trust?"
" For us the ultimate mission is to empower individuals. Bitcoin and Bitcoin education is a tool to make that happen... But the end goal is to create individuals that have self-sovereignty, that have personal responsibility and that have agency in their own lives "
"I am a firm believer that Próspera will change Honduras. Honestly, we have suffered so much. So many governments have hurt us. I think that Próspera is the solution."
"What I want is experimentation. I don't think that anyone has discovered some kind of optimal method of governing a specific area. I don't think anyone has found that yet. So what I want is... 'Let a thousand flowers bloom'..."
"More and more people are interested and I think that COVID accelerated this and made people think about: 'OK, should I live where I live right now?... Or do I want to live in this place with this governance model?'"
"It's good freedom, for sovereignty, for democracy to not have all the power concentrated in the national government. [...] There's an understanding of sovereignty that's really the core in this whole issue. I think sovereignty resides in the people and I think it should be very well distributed through various inst...
