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[ken @knacn]

@angelo_a_jr 🤠

[angelo @angelo_a_jr]

Houston's been making the rounds recently.

As energy comes into focus this decade and beyond, it seems like the "Energy Capital of the World" is well-prepared for the moment.

[ken @knacn]

@buildcities @droplands 🐔🐔🐔

[ken @knacn]

Driverless cars and the resulting lack of need for parking will bring back the porte-cochère

[ken @knacn]

You can give our chickens treats on livestream! 🐓🐔
https://t.co/Sn5b3pAE9S
from @droplands

[ken @knacn]

@automated_farm

[ken @knacn]

@farmorho

[ken @knacn]

@mert How about Special Economic Zones for them

https://t.co/gheWcq4ffN?

[Balaji @balajis]

THE SPECIAL ELON ZONE (SEZ)
There's a simple way to rebuild manufacturing in the US: just give @elonmusk control of a huge swath of land surrounding Starbase, Texas and allow him to set whatever regulations he wants.

In more detail:

1) First, sunset the regulations. America has talent. What it doesn't have is friendly regulations, particularly in terms of labor and environmental laws. But President Trump and Governor Abbott of Texas can use executive orders to remove obsolete laws at state and federal level. And for anything they can't remove, they can direct state and federal police to exercise discretion in terms of non-enforcement. Think of Starbase as a "sanctuary city", but for innovation — using leftist tactics in reverse.

2) Then, allocate capital. With regulatory barriers down capital will likely flow freely. However, in the unlikely event it doesn't, then you can do government VC. Basically: Democrats gave $370B+ to John Podesta to waste on climate graft, so the precedent is already established. But Elon is a proven capital allocator. So have Treasury back up the truck to make Elon —or his designates — the #1 VC in America. Obviate all charges of conflicts of interest by giving the US itself a large stake in any company that's funded, with significant distribution of funds to Texans themselves, while also recognizing that of course Elon's contacts will include some of the most technically competent people in the world — and they'll be operating companies in the zone.

3) Ensure border security. Given the security risks Elon faces, he'll need border control. So you might designate the land surrounding Starbase to be a military base or something similar, so that he can fence it off and determine at his sole discretion who can enter. Similarly, ideally every single person in the zone has opted in to be there, so no one can complain about the pro-builder regulations.

4) Proceed at the speed of physics. Finally, with all man-made barriers removed in the form of regulation and capitalization, Elon and his designates can move at the speed of physics — not permits. Perhaps the single most important thing they could build would be mass-produced Tesla humanoids, which (if successful) could in turn build everything else.

5) Nail it, then scale it. Once there's traction, replicate the idea in other states, giving other proven founders like @PalmerLuckey their own special economic zones. I'm sure Florida and Ohio would want theirs after Texas proves it out.

Basically, the idea of special economic zones has been proven around the world to unlock production. Since most of what you're doing is putting a line through regulations, it's cheap, fast, and likely to work. And if it does, you'll get more factories like this:

[ken @knacn]

L2beat would be the appropriate comparison because Balaji has laid out specific steps to go from startup society -> network state, and each one could be ranked and evaluated by their stage. A zkcensus would be an important way to rank them, ofc.

[ken @knacn]

L2beat for network states & network societies

[ken @knacn]

A Solana network state could use zkpassport to conduct a zkcensus to privately prove membership

https://t.co/WDPLo1CNFP

[Solana @solana]

Towards the Solana network state.

[ken @knacn]

zkcensus for a solana network state

https://t.co/WDPLo1Dlvn

[ken @knacn]

@drydenwtbrown would you find this useful for praxis?

[ken @knacn]

a zkcensus for a base network state https://t.co/uwd2OOXY9g

[ken @knacn]

another version https://t.co/FoWtau0dq3

https://t.co/gcnSyyDGey

[ken @knacn]

@romanhelmetguy History is written by losers.

[ken @knacn]

@XenBH @base @balajis a Base Network State census could be done with @zkpassport and signing a tx in Base app, like this: (just hit simulate for now) https://t.co/uwd2OOXY9g

More info could be validated while remaining private, could be useful for content creators, sybil resistance, undoxxed kyc etc

[ken @knacn]

New construction shouldn't include footpaths. Just lay grass, let people trample the most efficient routes, then go back and pave those.

[ken @knacn]

Architects and artists cracked the outrage algo decades before online edgelords figured it out, but it’s the same playbook and it pays.

[Mambo Italiano @mamboitaliano__]

I am genuinely shocked and baffled by this installation in the main square of Bologna, Italy 🇮🇹

Created by the Australian studio ENESS

With all due respect, they look like kidney stones

Absolutely horrifying!

[ken @knacn]

using zkpassport to make a zk-census for network states and startup societies