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Infinita is building a network city for longevity biotech acceleration, starting with a first physical hub in Prospera ZEDE, in Roatan (Honduras). This is the Infinita community"s main channel for news, podcast episodes, event announcements & more. www.infinitacitytimes.com

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36:52

Ep. 30: VC Lab's Adeo Ressi on Overcoming the...

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2023/01/03

Adeo Ressi is an iconic entrepreneur, investor, and teacher. He is the CEO of VC Lab, which runs the leading venture capital accelerator. He is also the Executive Chairman of the Founder Institute, the world's largest pre-seed accelerator.Adeo has launched more than 14 venture capital funds and founded 11 startups, having nearly $2 billion in exits before the age of 30.Adeo speaks about his mission with VC Lab. VC Lab has to date accelerated 236 new VC firms and reduced the time to start a fund from

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65:02

Ep. 29: Dan Epstein on Regulatory Entrepreneurship,...

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2022/12/27

Dan Epstein is Director at Trust Ventures, a VC fund helping entrepreneurs overcome regulatory challenges.As a political economist and regulatory litigator, Dan is uniquely positioned to understand the politics, law, and economics of regulation and how it affects entrepreneurs at the forefront of technology.Studying and practicing regulatory litigation on both the government side, and the entrepreneurs' side led Dan to surprising and important insights.Insights that are essential for any

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65:19

Ep. 28: Thibault Serlet on Special Economic Zones - A...

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2022/12/21

Niklas speaks with Thibault Serlet, the Director of Research at the Adrianopole Group, a firm providing intelligence on special economic zones (SEZs)Thibault is one of the world's leading thinkers on the past, present and future of governance innovation through SEZs.SEZs are business parks that are geographically walled off from the countries that they're in, and they have their own laws.The most famous examples are Shenzhen, China and Dubai, UAE, which both were growing into modern megacities and

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65:46

Ep. 27: Eli Dourado on Supersonic Jet Flight, Energy...

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2022/12/13

Niklas speaks with Eli Dourado, a senior research fellow at the Center for Growth and Opportunity at Utah State University.Eli is also a blogger, investor, and self-described "regulatory hacker".Eli and Niklas have a conversation about many things technology, innovation, and regulatory bottlenecks. His breadth of knowledge includes aviation, energy, housing, cryptocurrency, biotech, cybersecurity, and many more areas.Eli has a background in regulatory and technology policy. He was involved in

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48:24

Ep. 26: Mark Lutter on How Charter Cities Can Propel...

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2022/12/06

Niklas speaks with Mark Lutter. Mark is the Founder and Chairman of the Charter Cities Institute, a non-profit which is building the ecosystem for charter cities. Mark has a PhD in economics from George Mason University.Mark also has a podcast called the Charter Cities Podcast, a fantastic listen to learn about this fascinating movement.Mark and Niklas start by talking about how they both became more motivated to pursue experimentation to fix or build alternatives to government institutions as a

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Ep. 25: A First Synthesis - 10 Theses About...

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2022/11/29

Niklas synthesizes insights after thinking about regulation & innovation by talking to experts and practitioners for more than 8 months.Why are regulations important?John Maynard Keynes observed that capital accumulation and technical improvements enabled economic growth.Keynes calculated that with 2% growth per year, the economic pie increased by 7.5x in 100 years. If it would be 5%, it’s 130x our current level of wealth.That would lead to an age of superabundance.Regulations have a much larger

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48:00

Ep. 24: Autonomous Drone Delivery in Latam,...

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2022/11/22

Niklas speaks with Santiago Pinzon, the founder and CEO of ORKID.ORKID aims to revolutionize healthcare in Latin America through autonomous drone delivery. In this episode, we talk about technological and regulatory challenges in the aviation industry, and how to unlock a future of rapid logistics.Aviation is a fascinating industry that has developed high safety standards and technology that leads to extremely safe passenger flights.However, we note something we call the "safety paradox". High

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64:09

Ep. 23: DeFi Against the Machine - Learnings from the...

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2022/11/15

Niklas talks with Joshua Scigala, the Co-Founder and CEO of TheStandard.io, which offers over-collateralized stablecoins backed by Gold, Bitcoin and Ethereum.Josh and Niklas talk about the recent events surrounding the collapse of FTX, the crypto trading platform. Josh has been in the industry since 2010 and has seen many collapses and creative destruction over the years. He believes the industry has a way of overcoming failed experiments and bad ideas by writing better code.Better code instead of

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72:32

Ep. 22: David K. Levine on Intellectual Monopoly,...

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2022/11/08

David K. Levine is an economist at the European University Institute and at Washington University in St. Louis. He is the author of Michele Boldrin of "Against Intellectual Monopoly", an empirical study of the economics of intellectual property (available for free here) that concludes that IP is not necessary for innovation and as a practical matter is damaging to growth, prosperity, and liberty.IP law allegedly offers protection of innovation, most importantly in the form of patents and copyright

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56:20

Ep. 21: Discovering the Secret of Ancient Nuclear...

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2022/11/01

Niklas speaks with Caroline Cochran, the COO and co-founder of Oklo, joined by special guest Mac Davis, the CEO of Minicircle.Oklo is revolutionizing nuclear energy to create a clean energy future.Nuclear energy is probably the best example of a stranded technology. It has the potential to give us a low-to-no-cost, low-to-no-carbon future economy - but it is held back by industry stagnation, political obstacles and regulatory strangulation.In this episode, we'll learn about Oklo and Caroline's

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Ep. 20: J. Storrs Hall - Bringing Back A Future Past...

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2022/10/25

J. Storrs Hall or "Josh" is an independent researcher and author.He was the founding Chief Scientist of Nanorex, which is developing a CAD system for nanomechanical engineering.His research interests include molecular nanotechnology and the design of useful macroscopic machines using the capabilities of molecular manufacturing. His background is in computer science, particularly parallel processor architectures, artificial intelligence, particularly agoric and genetic algorithms.This episode is

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Ep. 19: Accelerating Bitcoinization through Education...

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2022/10/18

Dusan is the Founder and CEO of the AmityAge Academy, a Bitcoin Education Center based in the startup city of Prospera on the island of Roatan, Honduras.The mission of the academy is to accelerate bitcoinization.Dusan and Niklas share a special history.Dusan heard about the paradise island of Roatan, Honduras from a friend. While he was visiting in April, he heard about the "Build Prospera Summit 2022".The conference was organized as an "unconference", so it was very open for every participant to

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Ep. 18: How IP-NFTs, Open Source Pharma &...

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2022/10/11

Savva is the Founder and CEO of Crowd Funded Cures, a New Zealand-based charity and Open Source Pharma De-Sci Organisation.Savva and Niklas talk about the pharmaceutical market, and how the interplay of clinical trials and the patent system disincentivize pharma companies from producing widely available drugs that could significantly improve people's lives.This is another deep dive into one of the largest markets in the world, healthcare, and into the possible future using blockchain technology to

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54:27

Ep. 17: John Chisholm on the Decline of...

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2022/10/04

Niklas speaks with Silicon Valley-based serial entrepreneur John Chisholm.Over the last 35 years, John has founded, grown, or sold four companies in Silicon Valley, including Decisive Technology, now part of Google; and CustomerSat, now part of FocusVision. He has served as president and chair of the worldwide MIT Alumni Association, and as trustee of MIT and the Santa Fe Institute. Today, John is CEO of John Chisholm Ventures, a startup advisory, and angel investment firm. He is the author of

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Ep. 16: Cancer - A Scientist Turned Entrepreneur...

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2022/09/27

Niklas speaks with Zina Sarif, the Founder and Managing Director of Yendou, a company on a mission to accelerate clinical research and make it universally accessible to patients, clinicians, and scientists.Zina starts by talking about her familial experiences with cancer during her upbringing in Morocco, and how it motivated her to dedicate her life to combating cancer.During her career as.a cancer scientist in Germany, Zina experienced the inefficiencies and bureaucratic obstacles to bringing

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Ep. 15: Sebastian A. Brunemeier on the LongBio Path...

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2022/09/20

Niklas speaks with Sebastian A. Brunemeier.Sebastian is the Co-Founder and General Partner at Healthspan Capital, a venture fund focused on longevity biotech ("LongBio") & geroscience.He is also the Co-Founder and CEO at ImmuneAGE Pharma, a drug discovery platform for immune system rejuvenation.He holds an advisor and board member position at multiple companies and organizations, such as VitaDAO and Molecule AG.This episode is recorded as a primer to the "Prospera Healthtech Summit 2022", a

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Ep. 14.2: New Models in Higher Education (2/2) - How...

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2022/09/17

Niklas speaks with Grant Taylor. Grant is the Founder & CEO of Quotanda, a company that is digitising financial aid for educational institutions and students.Over the past 40 years, college has developed from an offering for an elite of knowledge workers to a job entry requirement for a majority of the population.Grant argues that college is overutilised in developed countries such as the United States, but underutilized in less developed countries such as Mexico.The higher education system he

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Ep. 14.1: New Models in Higher Education (1/2) - How...

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2022/09/13

Niklas speaks with Cameron Sorsby, the CEO of Praxis, a college alternative that builds your skills, your network, and leads to a full-time job at a growing business.Over the past 40 years, college has developed from an offering for an elite of knowledge workers to a job entry requirement for a majority of the population.However, during the past 2 years enrollment rates have been dropping rapidly.During covid-19, students and parents were comparing "Zoom University" with free, or better alternatives

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46:57

Ep. 13: Michael Gibson on Learning from Peter Thiel,...

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2022/09/06

Niklas speaks with Michael Gibson, co-founder and General Partner at 1517, a VC firm that backs dropouts, renegade students & deep tech scientists at the earliest stages.Michael is the author of the book “Paper Belt on Fire - The Fight for Progress in an Age of Ashes”, coming out on November 8, 2022 (pre-order on Amazon).Michael dropped out of his philosophy PhD program and was then picked by Peter Thiel to run the now legendary Thiel Fellowship Program from Day 1. With no traditional VC

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Ep. 12: Medical Cannabis, the Science Behind the...

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2022/08/30

Niklas speaks with Sandra Carillo, the Professor in charge of Cannabis Research and Education, Faculty of Medicine at the University of Panama.Sandra has been advocating and promoting the use of medical cannabis as an educator, advisor to policymakers, and a medical doctor treating 1.500 patients in Colombia.Cannabis for medical use is a great example of a stranded technology. It's prohibited by many governments and faces cultural resistance, even though the benefits have been proven for a long time

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