The Elysian
Elle Griffin, Hamish McKenzie, Josh Kramer, Jeff Fong, Spencer Chang, Matthew Prebeg, Michael Skinner, New_ Public, Eman Zabi, lou millar-machugh (they/he), Nathan, Mark Lutter, Mike Pepi, Sondre Rasch, Julien 'Andrew' StarrExploring a utopian future through essay collections & print pamphlets. Join us to reimagine the world for our benefit.
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What will the first internet country look like?
This is a guest essay by Eman Zabi for Post Nation, seven writers exploring a world after nation-states. Support the project by collecting the series as a digital or print pamphlet. 👇🏻
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“The nation-state is becomin...
New countries should rent land—not buy it
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Have you ever seriously tho...
Fractional ownership works for Banksy paintings—not cities
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In 2025, I purchased 25 shares in a...
How will new countries attract (& keep) citizens?
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You should own stock in your city
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Shared Roof is a standard-looki...
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Authors
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Exploring a utopian future through essay collections & print pamphlets. Join us to reimagine the world for our benefit.
Co-founder of Substack. Chief Writing Officer.
Writer // Illustrator // Cartoonist Head of Editorial, New_ Public
Cities, technology, and the future | Board Chair @ YIMBY Action, Board Advisor @ the Center for Land Economics
software you can touch
First one to ask why and the last one to let it go
Exploring new ways of working, living, and being in the cities of the future.
New_ Public is a nonprofit product studio focused on reimagining community, connection, and conversation online
Recovering entrepreneur. I write about AI, philosophy, innovation, and occasionally my cat.
Interaction designer exploring how interface patterns and algorithms shape political and cultural discourse. Glasgow \ud83c\udff3️⚧️\ud83c\uddf5\ud83c\uddf8\ud83c\udff4\udb40\udc67\udb40\udc62\udb40\udc73\udb40\udc63\udb40\udc74\udb40\udc7f
Building cities
Writer, critic, person in tech. Author of "Against Platforms: Surviving Digital Utopia" from Melville House
Founder and CEO of SafetyWing, building a global social safety net.
Starting new countries. Founding Director of the Startup States Society, a Geneva-based think tank advancing treaty-based state formation. Personal: starr.mc. Startup States: startupstates.swiss.
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