Pirate Wires How to Build a City: California Forever w/ Jan Sramek & Devon Zuegel
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Mar 27, 2024 Jan Sramek & Devon Zuegel discuss California Forever, a new city project in California. They cover challenges in current cities, raising $900M, push back faced, local politics, water management, and potential replication. Exploring urban development, governance risks, and tech industry involvement in city planning.
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Childhood Fascination with Disney World
- Mike Solana was fascinated by Walt Disney World's infrastructure as a child, questioning why other cities weren't as well-designed.
- This early fascination, combined with witnessing San Francisco's decline, sparked his interest in building new cities.
Cars and City Design
- Modern cities have become worse due to over-reliance on cars, spreading everything out and necessitating car ownership.
- Cars take up excessive space, like parking spaces being the size of small bedrooms, reducing space for people.
The "Correct" Number of Cities
- Jan Sramek challenges the notion that we have the "correct" number of cities and shouldn't build more.
- He points out the absurdity of accepting AGI but not building new housing on non-prime land.