At the Edges | Timour Kosters

We Gave a Village Personal AI Agents. Here's What Happened

A real-world test of what happens when multiplayer AI becomes part of community life

Published on Cosmos Institute • Jul 31

May 2026

AI Agents as Coordination Technology

Agents will enable greater collective agency, with stakes that run from wellbeing to communities to democracy.

May 17 • Timour Kosters

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March 2026

What Edge City has learned about building voluntary interdependence at scale (so far)

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Published on Network Nations • Mar 27

February 2026

From Siberia to the West

A personal story of immigration and the people who made it possible

Feb 15 • Timour Kosters

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December 2025

Edge City 2025 Community Letter

From Container to Catalyst - What We Learned in 2025

Dec 30, 2025 • Timour Kosters

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October 2025

Bhutan and the Blueprint for a Wise City

A recap of Edge City Bhutan: an 8-day exploration of Bhutan's futuristic experiment in mindful development

Oct 7, 2025 • Timour Kosters

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Reflections from the Network State Conference

Notes from Singapore on a movement that is moving from theory to execution

Oct 6, 2025 • Timour Kosters

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July 2025

A conversation with Audrey Tang

Upgrading democracy; turning conflict into productive energy; hacking polarization

Jul 17, 2025 • Timour Kosters

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April 2025

Case Study: Edge Esmeralda

A month-long popup village for 1,300 people in Healdsburg, California

Published on Supernuclear • Apr 15, 2025

February 2025

Edge City Roadmap

Building a network city

Feb 26, 2025 • Timour Kosters

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Prototyping the future at the edges

Six examples of historical experiments that reimagined society

Feb 1, 2025 • Timour Kosters

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May 2024

Zone of Scenius

Zuzalu, popup villages, and building at the edges — my experience at popup villages and thoughts on the future of networked communities

May 17, 2024 • Timour Kosters

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