178 - 8 Hard Truths from 25 Years of Investing in Free Cities | Patri Friedman
Published: April 17, 2026
Duration: 1:20:26
Why Most Free City Projects Fail & What Actually Works
- After more than two decades investing in charter cities, seasteading, and governance innovation, Patri Friedman has arrived at a blunt conclusion: most attempts to build new societies fail not because of bad ideas, but because of poor execution.
Timothy Allen sits down with the founder of The Seasteading Institute and General Partner at Pronomos Capital, the first venture capital fund dedicated to charter cities. Patri has spent 25 years exploring and investing in the Free Cities ecosystem and shares eight hard-earned lessons from trying to turn...