Chiang Mai is hosting 9 Zuzalu Ecosystem Pop-up Cities between October and early November, which is the highest number ever at one location.
Zuzalu was the first-ever pop-up city of its kind, lasting 2 months in Montenegro in 2023. It has now evolved into a full out pop-up gathering.
Pop-up Cities are exclusionary and mainly cater to young, tech-native men. Builders in Africa, Latin America or Asia, who provide immense value to this movement, cannot join due to passport and budget limitations.
Pop-up Cities do not have the rails, position and capabilities to realize the massiveness of the Network State yet.
Zuzalu's big questions are unanswered- what is Zuzalu? Who decides who is and isn't a Zuzalian?
Pop-up Cities need key infrastructural tools, tested business models, and data analysis, such as GDP, GDP per Capita, Gini Coefficient, Social Progress Index, etc.
Zuzalu's definition is tricky, but Xenofon's Manifesto defines it as a group of ever-changing people that seek to protect their freedom, culture, and prosperity from existing social structures.
Chiang Mai is currently hosting 9 Pop-up Cities occurring simultaneously, mainly targeting Blockchain, Artificial Intelligence, Local Culture, Decentralized Science, Women in Web3, and Pop-up City culture.
ZuForever, an infrastructure and coordination organization, focuses on solving the biggest barrier in the ecosystem- housing and co-living.