For those of us who have been thinking about the idea of autonomous cities for many years, the idea of a good source for realistic information is like a dream come true. I’ve been researching various ideas for years and found precious little. The best source of info I’ve ever seen has just gone online this week, so I highly recommend the new Free Cities Institute website.
I’ve been talking to you about free cities for months. (I’ve covered the idea probably half a dozen times, so there are other stories.) Although I’ve been pursuing the idea of independent entities for more than a decade, it was only recently when I met Michael Strong and was acquainted with the idea of autonomous free cities within existing countries. It’s not the full independence that I see as the eventual future, but it’s a huge leap forward over anything realistic today. I’m a believer in the idea, and I hope to be involved with one of these free cities very soon.

Surreal dream wakes, shakes me; which is reality, which is dream?
We’re neither friends nor enemies, just strangers who share the past
Was Columbus a hero or a special kind of evil monster? Neither one
Class experiment is evidence: Folks want something for nothing
Trump apologists hope you don’t even know about the golden calf
I’m not certain artists ever get to be themselves when they perform
When doubt wakes me at dawn, my world seems a lonely place
The things you do in life are largely determined by who you decide to be