Timour Kosters on the Lineage of Web3 Popup Cities
Video via https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pVT_JtXnfKQ
Description
"About the popup city movement, its origins, and where we see it going.
To kick off the talk, Timour Kosters, co-founder of Edge City, explored the lineage of popup cities. From Enlightenment-era salons to the Sante Fe Institute, Timour highlights how these communities have historically served as spaces for experimentation, innovation, and societal transformation.
He shares how Edge City and other popup experiments build on this tradition to prototype new ideas, technologies, and ways of living, pushing the boundaries of what flourishing communities can look like."
Contents
00:00 Introduction
00:51 The role of popup cities in societal innovation
01:43 Enlightenment Salons - Philosophy and democracy
03:02 The Chautauqua Movement - Education and community
04:16 Black Mountain College - Avant-garde arts and collaboration
05:19 Auroville - Sustainability and human unity
06:24 Santa Fe Institute - Tackling complexity with collaboration
07:22 Burning Man - Radical experimentation in culture
09:03 The future of popup cities and new tools for experimentation