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We kicked off Edge Esmeralda today with 200 folks coming in from all over. It felt like the first day of college for a multigenerational group. This month is going to be magic.
@JoinEdgeCity
is officially no longer just an idea.
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Zuzalu kick-off was a year ago! What a crazy, beautiful journey the past year has been. It was built to be an experiment and a public good. A year later we've already seen so many pop-up villages built. Here is to a future of network cities and reimagining how we live.
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It's happening. Zuconnect in Istanbul with an incredible group for 2 weeks✨
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Join us in Istanbul Oct 29-Nov 11 for the next Zuzalu experiment. We're creating a pop-up village within a city. Learn more about why it's worth joining at
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I've resisted having an online presence & focused on IRL connections. I've reached a point where I sense there is value in sharing thoughts online. I'm committing to tweeting about community building for 60 days. IF it benefits my IRL life, I'll continue. If not, back to IRL only
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Final celebration for Edge Esmeralda last night was such a wonderful culmination of a weird, wonderful, mind expanding, relationship building, and fun month. Thank you to everyone who made it so memorable.
@JoinEdgeCity
first pop-up village in the books.
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We watched an eclipse this weekend and hosted a 200 person festival around it. If you're trying to build new cities. Don't just practice throwing dinner parties, practice hosting continually more complex gatherings.
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Simone Wilson, a local reporter in Healdsburg, shared her feedback about her Edge Esmeralda experience.
We're just a bunch of "“techno optimists” with a shared goal of leveraging modern technology and ancient wisdom to save the world, or at least make it a better place to
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Been building a new project in the world called Edge City and it feels as close to what my life's work is about as anything could. Thank you to everyone who has been part of this journey.
Edge City is part of the Zuzalu ecosystem and is all about furthering the concepts that we
Edge City is a new concept for gathering, living, and working together, with the goal of accelerating human flourishing.
If that sounds interesting to you, consider donating to the Zuzalu x Gitcoin Quadratic Funding round!
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Amazing to see the movement of pop up cities like Zuzalu so supported as a public good <3
RetroPGF Round 3 results are here!
30M OP was granted to contributors building the public goods that power the Optimism Collective.
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This week
@JoinEdgeCity
created it's first activation. It was one special community artwork that's the first of a long series to follow. Beyond thankful to everyone who pulled it together and those that came through to bring it to life.
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👀 Zuzalu was an incredible learning experiment, we're going to do our best to open source as much of our learnings as possible over the next few months. Excited to see what others build!
Zuzalu was the first popup network state. It was a prototype, but already an incredible success. Finally, we are reopening the frontier.
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Today at Edge Esmeralda the best feedback and ideas I received were from a 10 year old. Kids really are so smart.
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Going to get used to these views and trails for the next month 🌞
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Week 1 at Edge Esmeralda exceeded expectations. Health week, experience design workshops, art gallery pop-ups, distributed trials, zupass hackathon, hard tech unconference, advanced market commitment workshop, neurotech workshop, sports day, a packed demo day…thank you EEs😊
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Strong relationships are built during unstructured time with people. As we get older, the amount of unstructured time with friends Diminishes. Living in close proximity to friends increases unstructured hang outs.
Takeaway: LIVE CLOSE TO FRIENDS.
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Epic to see over 11,000 community members come out to help UNICEF make a larger impact on the projects they are funding!
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Why only touch grass, when you can also touch an iceberg? Work hard, play hard and never forget to adventure🇦🇷
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We've got a map for Edge Esmeralda. We're keeping as much activity as possible along the bike path that we're calling serendipity lane!
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I love how mountain towns allow for endless outdoor exploration AND create restrictive living environments that force everyone to live in close proximity. There is a reason most mountain towns have such a great sense of community.
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Thanks
@balajis
for engaging and the teams behind the passport! Zuzalu does feel part network school, part intentional community for builders who want to push the frontier and make a positive impact.
Prototype of a digital/physical passport for Zuzalu, courtesy of Vitalik.
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Spontaneous change of plans for a day trip to Iceland to hike to a recently erupted volcano. Nature is beyond epic.
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Funding Public Goods is one way crypto is changing the future. We’re still early building the tools to do it in a decentralized way.
Please support our beta round!
📣 GITCOIN GRANTS BETA ROUND IS LIVE! 🚀
✨ To view and support projects, visit ✨
🤝 Funding What Matters
🤝 Community building
🤝 Collaboration
🤝 Impact
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Edge Esmeralda is coming to life in June in NorCal. We couldn't be more excited. Come co-create a walkable, healthy and mind expansive environment with 150+ other curious, kind and brilliant people.
We are incredibly excited to announce our next popup village: Edge Esmeralda!
It will be hosted in Healdsburg CA, June 2-29.
It is a place for people who believe the future can be better and are actively working to make it happen.
If you’re curious to join, read on!
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Something I've loved about Edge Esmeralda is having only a few high quality learning sessions each day vs a typical packed conference schedule.
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Edge Esmeralda is only 3 weeks away. We've put so much love into making it a magical experience. Can't wait!
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The Edge City team is growing and we're continuing on the hunt for a perfect production lead. You need to be pretty far out on the crazy spectrum for this role but it's a dream job for a techno optimistic community builder:
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I'm so excited about the Edge City Fellowship program. Traditional schooling isn't for everyone and we're hopeful to build a viable alternative for bright and curious youth.
Announcing: The Edge City Fellowship
For: Ambitious 18 - 21 year olds
What: Spend a month co-living and co-building with the world’s most impactful innovators.
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What if we didn't have to live in cities to be close to like minded people?
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Honored to represent the incredible
#zuzalu
community today
@FundingCommons
. We're on a mission to foster a global network of communities to advance humanity by creating playgrounds at the intersection of free and open technology, science, health and social innovation.
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Edge Esmeralda is a multidisciplinary learning environment. Take a look at our programming for June:) Find out more at
We’re excited to share a few highlights from the programming calendar of Edge Esmeralda, our popup village in June! 🌞
The programs are diverse, ranging from community health to neurotech to AI and many other topics.
Link to the full calendar below! 👇
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land projects consistently slow down social innovation. I hear, "I've bought a piece of land and we're going to build an amazing co-living community that'll be the future of how people live" more times in a week than I can count but seldom see results of people living
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Community building doesn't happen through one or two big events, it happens when you share mundane experiences together on a regular basis.
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The
@crecimientoar
team have been doing a phenomenal job building a movement in Argentina in no time. Come join me in Argentina in August if you want to:
1. kickoff a crypto startup scene
2. Be in a highly productive and inspiring work environment
3. go skiing
What is the vision for Crecimiento, the movement bringing crypto innovation to Argentina?
Juan Benet and Emi Velasquez explain 🇦🇷
@juanbenet
@crecimientoar
@protocollabs
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Olga is theee most talented designer that has been building these beautiful worlds for Edge City. Cannot wait for Edge City Lanna. Sign up through our interest form here:
Let’s meet in Thailand! 👀
I’m baking some cool stuff for ya all :)
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Edge Esmeralda is going to be all about stumbling upon serendipity 😇
We just published the Edge Esmeralda map!
Favorite detail: this idyllic bike path that links together all the spaces we've lined up for June
We're calling it Serendipity Lane, because it's where you'll bump into fellow attendees between sessions & go for walks with new friends
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NEW WEBSITE SAY WWHHHAAATTTT
@gitcoin
is evolving and we're building something incredible to help build and fund the open web.
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programming is looking awesome. Join us for the whole month or a week during a topic you care about. Apply here asap:
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Happy Mothers day to a mom that has taught me the value of boundless energy, relentless grit and that living a life in service of others is one of the greatest joys. Life with you has been such a gift.
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Can't wait to watch the magic unfold this week. Could not be more excited to bring
@JoinEdgeCity
to life with such impressive and kind collaborators.
We want to push the edge of what's possible as a conference. This week will be all about catalyzing connections, expanding minds
We have an amazing program lined up for Denver!
Instead of traditional sponsorships, we are working closely with institutions and upcoming projects whom we trust to cocreate a delightful experience.
We’re commemorating each with custom art ❤️ Details on program below!
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Cool community cafeterias are totally underrated. I don't particularly want to go to a restaurant everyday but I'd totally go to a cafeteria to see all my friends everyday.
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This last week in Austin has been filled with an overwhelming sense of support from friends helping me for a big transition ahead. It's a reminder that investing in your tribe is one of the highest leverage things you can do.
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Everyday at
@JoinEdgeCity
Esmeralda we're exploring a new restaurant in town together for dinner to provide business to many local vendors. The Wurst tonight was excellent!
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Cities are the platforms we build our lives on and it's totally possible with the technology we have today to coordinate so much better in them. We need more social innovation alongside new physical infrastructure.
“Cities are the platforms that we build our lives on.”
-
@devonzuegel
, who joins Possible to discuss her vision for new livable, multigenerational communities like
@JoinEdgeCity
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Thanks Jazzy for being full of curiosity at zuzalu and taking hours out of your experience to document others. A lot of my advice on
#communitybuilding
is packed into this interview:
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My first intro to Ethereum was volunteering at EthDenver. Best way to enter the space and feel like you've got value giving back from day 1.
DevConnect has incredible volunteer opportunities for those interested.
📢 Attention Ethereum community
Don't miss out on the chance to join our team and make a difference at Devconnect Istanbul. The deadline for volunteer applications is soon – October 1st! 🗓️
Apply here:
Volunteers are the backbone of the community! 🚀
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It's shocking to me how few people have others flowing through their homes on a daily basis...we all love serendipity so why haven't we integrated it into our built environments more?
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I just donated to GG18 on
@gitcoin
. Join me in making a difference by donating today, and check out the projects I supported on my Donation History page!
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Super stoked to share more about Zuzalu at FtC in Paris.
Saturday 15th, 16:10pm
We are thrilled to welcome Janine Leger (
@JanineLeger
), co-creator of Zuzalu and former lead of public goods funding workstream at Gitcoin, as a speaker at FTC Paris! 🌟
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The tiny extra effort to be intentional in connecting with others, pays off dividends in the long term.
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Thank you
@SocialLayer_im
team for your endless effort this month building a tool to work for Edge Esmeralda
We had such a blast hosting the social infrastructure for
#EdgeEsmeralda
@JoinEdgeCity
this month 😎
Check out this 🧵 for a summary of how our platform enabled community-driven collaborations & coordination for this awesome event!
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I'll be in Argentina in August for Aleph. It's a unique opportunity to create a concentration of builders to coordinate and drive crypto adoption.
¡Early bird tickets for Aleph are live TODAY! 🏙️🎟️
How to get yours:
1️⃣ Apply through the web
2️⃣ If your request gets approved, you’ll receive an email to proceed There are already more than 100 approved applications, so don’t miss out 😱
👇Let’s learn more about Aleph
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Everyone says DAOs are chaos, it's true but idk if they are that much more chaotic than a typical startup or just more transparent about it.
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🌟 Zuzalu Snippet: Small Spaces, Valuable Connections. With 200-300 residents and a daily breakfast spot seating 70, joining strangers at tables became the norm. Limited options broke social barriers, fueling serendipitous connections that may not have happened with 200 seats.
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Public goods will keep this ecosystem thriving, constantly funding what matters can be easy. Thanks
@indexcoop
for the partnership!
Introducing the
@Gitcoin
Staked ETH Index 📢
Diversity your portfolio
Decentralize the network
Fund what matters
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Excited to see Summer of Protocols kick off the final week at Edge Esmeralda!
When imagining the future, it’s easy to fall in the trap of holding everything constant except the one thing you are focused on. In reality, the future happens manifests itself as the intersection of many changes.
The Protocol Worlds week from Summer of Protocols is an attempt
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From an idea to reality - it's beautiful watching this project come to life.
We are building a Solar A-frames in a burned redwood forest and it is even more fun, crazy, and beautiful than any of us dreamed. Thank you everyone for the help so far!!!
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Cool to see Edge Esmeralda being shared in different places: . Applications are live if you want to join us
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A fun thought exercise: What type of governance structure should a mission like OpenAI's have to continue doing this work and not get caught up in politics and power struggles?
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We're a week away from and our calendar is looking busy for week 1:
I'm most excited about a focus on workshops, experiences and experiments, and a real emphasis on DOING and BUILDING things vs just thinking and talking.
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Nothing can replace in person magic when everyone around you approaches conversations with curiosity. Absolutely loved having
@arjunkhemani
join us in Denver.
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#Zuzalu
was a wild learning experiment in community building. It was a place where frontier tech & ideas came alive. An IRL reminder of the limitless possibilities of the future. Thanks
@BanklessHQ
and
@TrustlessState
for showcasing our journey.
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Join Aleph in Argentina for August if you want to help drive crypto-adoption at a nation level. We've got to start where there is real opportunity for change.
ALEPH TICKETS OUT NOW 🌞
Join Argentina and crypto’s top builders for a month-long Pop-Up City to transform the country into the first crypto-nation in the world.
🗓️ August 5th - September 1st
📍 Palermo, Buenos Aires, Argentina
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Watching the programming come together for
@JoinEdgeCity
Esmeralda feels akin to a gardener planting seeds and a few months later seeing an entire garden bloom. The month of June is going to be one big learning extravaganza.
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Beyond excited about what we're bringing to life with Zuzalu. Thanks
@MarkLutter
for the great write up.
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Technically you could live hopping from one pop-up village to the next for the rest of 2024.
Hamlets, Villages, Towns, Suburbs, Cities, Countries all refer to a specific place where the land is all connected. What's a decentralized city with multiple nodes in different places
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I just donated to Zuzalu Q1-Tech Round on
@gitcoin
's
@grantsstack
.
So amazing to see everyone making an effort to push this effort forward.
Check out the projects I supported on my Donation History page!
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Can't believe week 1 for Edge Esmeralda starts this Sunday! This month feels more like one beautiful art project.
Curious what the first week of a popup village is like?
Janine and Timour give a quick rundown of what to expect at the start of Edge Esmeralda and why the first few days are often attendees' favorites 🌞
@JanineLeger
@timourxyz
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We've strayed from our tribes towards more isolated, individualistic lives. Nomadic tribes, to agrarian families, to industrialized workspaces, now remote work's alluring freedom that often serves as a trap for isolation. How do we use freedom to be more intentional in community?
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Camp Austin, my first large scale event, changed my perspective on community building! Witnessing 150 adults play like kids, I realized the immense value of creating spaces where adults can be 100 percent themselves to foster connection.
#adultsummercamp
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Love this series
@timourxyz
is working on for Edge City. Thank you
@Zac_Aztec
.
Can popup cities like Zuzalu and Edge City be crucibles for innovation in emergent industries?
Zac Williamson (co-founder and CEO of
@aztecnetwork
) on why scenes are valuable, the concept of 'scenius', and how all great ideas start out bad.
thank you
@Zac_Aztec
🌞
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“Social technology is a tool that directs people to knowingly or unknowingly take certain actions...It can be used to reduce coordination costs between people, causing them to work together more effectively towards a goal” —
@SamoBurja
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Can't stress enough the value of scalable, secure rollups to reduce gas fees for funding public goods.
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Evening walk home from dinner - can't complain. Thank you Healdsburg for being such a beautiful town.
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Partnership should be about finding synergies where both sides always feel like they are receiving more than they are giving.
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Reminder I’m sharing about Zuzalu tomorrow at 16:10p @ funding the commons.
I’m genuinely excited about this. Unpacking the story of what zuzalu was and where it’s going is a fun exercise. Stoked to share how we’re creating social infrastructure to help people live epic lives😊
We are thrilled to welcome Janine Leger (
@JanineLeger
), co-creator of Zuzalu and former lead of public goods funding workstream at Gitcoin, as a speaker at FTC Paris! 🌟
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A fun life metaphor for Sunday. Life should look like a friendship bracelet vs a few pieces of yarn. An interesting balance between family & friends, work, health and hobbies. The more you intertwine them all, the more interesting your day-to-day becomes.
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Love seeing Zuzalians share their experiences IRL with others.
Spoke about
@vita_dao
Longevity Network States with
@balajis
and with my fellow Zuzalians
@_TomHoward
@stray_true
Awesome meetup, can’t wait for the next one and the video coming soon! 👀
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So stoked to have LabWeek Field Building happening at Edge Esmeralda, June 10-16th. Including themes across Neurotech, Longevity, AGI, AR/VR world building and Robotics.
From sauna's -> villages -> movements. The
@JoinEdgeCity
&
@protocollabs
collabs are just beginning.
🌐 Raise reality to fit your hopes and dreams.
Come explore the possibilities and science behind futurist philosophy with us at LabWeek Field Building!
Apply here to attend. 👉
📍Healdsburg, CA
🗓️ June 10-16
#LabWeekFB
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If today you're done with standing in lines at the brussel airport, tomorrow & Tuesday you out talk yourself attending sessions, happy hours and dinners, then I suggest on Wednesday you join the run club for a change of pace:
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Community is a public good. Community centers and religion are two examples that somewhat fit this model. Those building strong modern age communities should think of what they are building as a public goods.
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Even though I get to work with you everyday, it's still cool reading your thoughts on pop-up villages
@timourxyz
. Great piece if you want to learn more about what we're building with
@JoinEdgeCity
I wrote an essay — Zone of Scenius
Just one year since Zuzalu, there are now dozens of 'popup villages.' You could spend the rest of 2024 going from one to another.
I wrote about my personal experience at these gatherings and why I think they are important.
Link below! 🌞
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Can't believe we're days away from Edge Esmeralda!
@JoinEdgeCity
is so excited to co-organize this event with
@devonzuegel
. We'll have a month of workshops, experiences, building, learning and living in community in Healdsburg, CA.
Calling all Healdsburg & Sonoma County locals!
Wondering what the heck Edge Esmeralda is?
@JanineLeger
& I are hosting a happy hour on Saturday to get to know locals better, answer your questions, & enjoy some wine together
Hope you can make it! RSVP:
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A goal for
@JoinEdgeCity
Esmeralda has been bringing more art to life as part of the culture. It's been fun watching folks like the
@eden_art_
crew and
@earthbits__
create.
We trained a custom AI model for
@JoinEdgeCity
from the lovely art works from
@kuri_olga
🌸
Here's how you can use it:
1. register at
2. find the custom model here:
3. select 'use model' from the top right drop-down and prompt
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Fund what matters...but more importantly FUN WHAT MATTERS. The Rip 'n Run squad would agree
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Life is not short of events and experiences but magic moments are rarer to find. Events where people FEEL healthier are magic and ones that people remember.
Well-designed community experiences should be full of magic moments, leaving people feeling optimistic and replenished 🌞
Mashal (
@arlery
from
@OctantApp
) and Timour (
@timourxyz
) discussing their experience at popup cities like Zuzalu and Edge City.
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Social Tech is such an important field and I hope will become more prominent as people start to question current norms. Love what the
@ZupassProject
team is working on.
How do we continue to develop social technology alongside hardware and software?
This is what we aim to figure out at Edge City 🌞
Richard from the ZuPass team gives us the builder's perspective on the importance of social tech.
@richardyliu
@ZupassProject
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+700 Aleph citizens in a week? Good sign for what this movement looks like in a year.
Join in Buenos Aires for August. Being at the beginning of a movement is an experience that can never be replaced.
ONLY 4 DAYS UNTIL ALEPH KICKOFF! 🚀
And in just one week, we've welcomed over 700 new Aleph Citizens! 🪪🏙️
Welcome aboard! Let's make Aleph an epic adventure together! 🌞
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Bike incoming!! We figured we were selling everyone on the idea of having bikes at Edge Esmeralda and wanted to make sure we could follow through on that idea. From Playa to Healdsburg, we made it work.
The Edge Esmeralda bikes just arrived! 😁
You'll have the opportunity to rent one of these bikes at check-in when you pick up your wristband!
Biking is hands down the best way to get around Healdsburg
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Fun fact the most consistent finding we've learned through the longest running study on happiness is: Positive relationships keep us happier, healthier, and help us live longer.
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Zuzalu was about creating a playground to foster creativity. I love what
@mettahead
is building with this card game.
Life's way too short to take it too seriously. If you do you'll suffocate a lot of your craziest ideas.
It's time for another Treehouse session!
-wen: 7/13 at 2pm EST
-what: Create cards for Ace TCG
-how: dm me for an invite
One theme we'll be focusing on is Zuzalu . . .
#forever
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"Community" business models beyond social clubs are few and far between. Community is a status game, not a money game for most. A group recently brainstormed community funding challenges and ideas. I want to open source these. Feel free to add your ideas:
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If you've bought Edge Esmeralda tickets, please do yourself a favor and grab accommodation (recommended through our booking link in your emails🙂)
Tip: I recommend booking lodging ASAP!
The town of Healdsburg is in high demand in June, and lodging is starting to run low the first week in particular
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Similar to how it's hard to shift a remote first company to IRL, it's challenging to shift a cloud based community to in person.
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My favorite comnunites have been ones with shared purpose, whether sport, a non-profit, chess club or the like, the deepest and longest lasting have had some overarching interest to align around. Find that common ground when building community.
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Super excited to join for Aleph. Join for August in Argentina. If you're considering having a presence as a crypto project in LATAM, or building a crypto startup, you should consider joining. DM me if you've got questions.
¿Tenés una startup? ¿Sos emprendedor/a o builder? 🌞 ¡Aleph es para vos!
Los tickets ya están disponibles en nuestra web 🎟️
Si tenes dudas,
@lemoncheli
te cuenta un poco más sobre esta experiencia 👇
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We’ve done this in Austin and doubled our yard space in a suburb that is known for having tiny yards. We have more space and less yard to look after. Big win!
If you could somehow coordinate a group of friends to move next door to each other, or for more people to actually befriend their neighbors, then this idea becomes so appealing! It's a tricky coordination problem, though. Will be interesting to see if we can solve it for anyone.
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