The
Network
society
A documentary series about the rise of startup societies and network cities filmed
stay tuned on the next episodes
the rise of startup societies
The startup societies ecosystem experienced a turning point following the release of the book “The Network State” in July 2022 by Balaji Srinivasan, who introduced the idea of starting new cities and countries leveranging crypto technologies.
THE first experiment
ZUZALU was the world’s first pop-up city, which hosted 200 residents for two months in Q1 2023 in Montenegro.
The project was envisioned and led by Vitalik Buterin, the billionaire founder of the Ethereum blockchain.
Startup Societies
Startup Societies are organizations that aim to innovate in digital governance, sociopolitical institutions, and new ways of organizing society for the Internet era, including building new Cities from scratch.
SPECIAL PARTNER
The documentary was made possible by the donation of believers and supporters of startup societies during our crowdfunding campaign.
Próspera kindly donated $10k for the project in a match fund.
You still can support us here.
KEY CONTRIBUTORS
A special thanks to the Ipê City, Vitalia, and FounderHaus communities for their invaluable support in bringing this project to life.
filmed during vitalia
Vitalia is a 2-month pop-up city that will bring together 200 residents passionate about longevity research and digital governance to discuss and build around these ideas.
The project goal is to bootstrap a decentralized city dedicated to longevity research acceleration.
the story
On Jan 4th, we’ve embarked on a 2-month journey to an island with 200 other entrepreneurs and scientists, all focused on a singular goal: to accelerate research on longevity and explore new governance models.
It’s called Vitalia.
During this journey, we are going to produce the first episode of the docuseries ‘What If It Is A Startup’ about the rise of startup societies and network states in emerging markets, featuring Vitalia and Próspera City.
What is the role of startup societies for progress and social development?
What is the impact of longevity research for emerging markets?
How do digital and decentralized technologies help underprivileged communities?
featured interviewees
Balaji Srinivasan
Bryan Johnson
Magatte Wade
Patri Friedman
Jordan Hall
Dr. Aubrey de Grey
Florian Fournier
Niklas Anzinger
Sebastian Brunemeier
Michael Strong
Massimo Mazzone
Laurence Ion
why is it important
Emerging technologies like crypto, blockchains, AI, anti-aging, and startup societies have one thing in common: they pose a threat to long-established monopolies, institutions, and power structures.
No wonder we see an endless flow of attacks, pessimistic news, regulatory pressure, and biased narratives against each one of these innovations.
This is why builders on this new frontier must take control of their narratives and share their side of the story. Otherwise, the narratives will be one-sided.
In a world of culture wars and dramatic power transitions, the truth is often suppressed by mainstream media. Our goal is to shine a light on the reality — that highly aligned internet-native communities have the power to reinvent parallel institutions.
The most important stories in tech innovation are about social transformations.
team
Jean Hansen - Producer
Founder at Ipê City, a community of techno enthusiast building crypto villages.
+8 year in crypto/web3 as a educator, researcher and investor.
Henrique Oliveira- Director / Screenwriter
Documentary film screenwriter and director. Graduated in journalism with a specialization in transformative education, he seeks content that contributes to the critical and creative development of individuals.
Luis Gómez - Filmmaker / Director
With more than 10 years of experience, Luis has developed documentary projects internationally in countries such as India, Uganda, Colombia, Mexico, United States, Indonesia, Turkey, Israel, Jordan, among others.
filmed in honduras
Próspera Roatán
Vitalia will take place in Próspera, a autonomous city located in Roatán, a Caribbean island in the northern coast of Honduras.
It was established under Honduran ZEDE laws, which aim to replicate the successful governance experiments of Hong Kong, Shenzhen, and Dubai by granting legal and regulatory autonomy to the administrator of the zone.
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