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On this episode of Timeline Earth, we invite Joe and Tim from the Anarchitecture Podcast to hang out and play some sick theremin riffs. We discuss the shiny new theme song and get our studio inspected. Spoiler: Its an extremely safe and functional building. --- Anarchitecture Podcast (https://anarchitecturepodcast.com/) Diametric --- Follow the Timeline Earth @TimelineEarth for memes, hijinks, and elfish breakdowns. Bird (@birdarchist) Car (@CarCampIt) Aaron (@TLEBoyzTown) --- THE EARTH IS A LINE!

John Ellis is a student in the School of Architecture and Urban Planning at the University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee. He is also, arguably more auspiciously, a long-time Anarchitecture Podcast listener. Tim has been working with John over the past few months as an advisor for his thesis project. John was recently given an assignment to record a podcast for one of his classes, and interviewed Tim in a wide-ranging discussion which John's class will be forced to listen to. Use hashtag #ana028 to reference this episode in a tweet, post, or comment View full show notes at http://anarchitecturepodcast.com/ana028. ----more----Intro Tim has been advising John on his thesis project for his Masters in Architecture Degree. This is also a good "101" level introduction to the Anarchitecture podcast. Tim gives a summary of some topics we have covered to date for any new listeners. Discussion John showed our website to his class. Scorn ensued. Tim's path to architecture Creative multidimensional problem solving Specialty in healthcare Travelling and settling in Maine Adra Architecture Tim's path to libertarianism Gardner Goldsmith radio show Never satisfied with status quo thinking The other Anarchitecture - Gordon Matta Clark Large scale art installations Historical injustices in the built environment Disagreement on economics with left-anarchists Give people a convincing picture of what a better society could look like UM, WHO WILL BUILD THE ROADS???!!! Our unorthodox view - preserve access rights, disallow eviction many possible ways to divest and #DESTATALIZE James Howard Kunstler and Chuck Marohn - unsustainability of tax funded roads The Non-Aggression Principle The practical application of these ideas can produce better results Built environment issues are often non-partisan Tim predicted the 2008 crash Zoning has caused growth to flatten and sprawl Cities have expanded infrastructure and service areas with decreasing population density A libertarian approach Eliminate zoning, allow dense, mixed use development everywhere Infrastructure should be paid for by users, not taxpayers Short-term politicians have short-term incentives Big Box store development Hidden subsidies Low value per acre Subsidized auto infrastructure vs. walkable cities Traditional development patterns are still possible It's not nostalgia Finished suburbs lack adaptability John's Thesis Project Parking spots as spatial units Temporary buildings don't pay property taxes Sidewalk Entrepreneurship Bucket o' shrimp Utilize public space for incremental businesses Violent arrest of the empanada lady Soul food entrepreneurs vs. the man Rolling approval schedule - reduce/defer startup costs Every town has a forgotten space Food trucks ADA - federal standards, risk of lawsuits Beercycles - astronomical value per acre The unique role of Architects in libertarianism The Anarchitecture dual mandate Attending planning meetings - the first step towards becoming a hardcore Rothbardian anarcho-capitalist A small town stroad diet Market approaches to parking Small bets - plant street trees, fix sidewalks Divesting infrastructure from government ownership Sewage treatment vs. teachers Private road ownership Infrastructure loses out under government control Mass exodus of teachers Confessions of an Architectural Hitman The federal funding band-aid There are no feedback mechanisms in monopolies Free infrastructure crowds out sustainable infrastructure Is a pragmatic approach reasonable? Small bets in the built environment Small bets in libertarianism Free State Project - building community Destatalize government assets Knee-jerk expectation that government will solve problems The libertarian mindset - government as last resort, not first response Links/Resources John's schools: Ball State's College of Architecture University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee Cedric Price Wikipedia MoMA Oh, THAT "Anarchitecture" - Gordon Matta Clark Wikipedia MoMA James Howard Kunstler Strong Towns How much do state and local governments spend on highways and roads? (Urban Institute) Free State Project Episodes Mentioned Foundations Series ana006: Citizen of Nowhere | Part 1: Tim’s Abroad Life Patrik Schumacher Series ana011: Patrik Schumacher (3 of 4) | The Interview ana023: Strong Towns for Libertarians | Chuck Marohn Interview Contact: Email us: info@anarchitecturepodcast.comTweet us: @anarchitecturep Follow: Website: https://www.anarchitecturepodcast.com/Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/anarchitecturepodcast/Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/anarchitecturep/Twitter: https://twitter.com/anarchitecturep/Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/user/AnarchitecturePodcstMinds: https://www.minds.com/AnarchitecturePodcast Subscribe: iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/au/podcast/anarchitecture/id1091252412YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/channel/UCWELM_zTl7tXLgT-rDKpSvgSpotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/5pepyQfA25PBz6bzKzlynf?si=4UiD6cLkR6Wd26wJC4S4YQPodbean: https://anarchitecture.podbean.com/Stitcher: http://www.stitcher.com/s?fid=85082&refid=stprBitchute: https://www.bitchute.com/channel/MIq2dOnSaTOP/RSS (all posts): https://www.anarchitecturepodcast.com/feed/RSS (Podcasts only): https://www.anarchitecturepodcast.com/feed/podcast/Other Subscription Options Support: Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/anarchitecturepodcastBitbacker.io: https://bitbacker.io/user/anarchitecture/Steemit: https://steemit.com/@anarchitectureDonate Bitcoin (BTC): 32cPbM7j5rxRu1KUaXGtoxsqFQNWD696p7

We are mere days post Porcfest and frankly there’s nothing we would rather analyse this week. What was our Porcfest experience? Did we enjoy spending so much time with so many other liberty type people? Would we do it again? Not really a spoiler but Porcfest was all about the people. In the interest of music discovery we have a brand new track featuring our favorite Vermont rapper and former guest Mr.Tyler Colford. It’s called Game Over by JynxINC x Stir Crazy (Ft. RyCoon and Ciurleo). Check it out! : http://bit.ly/2wzjB0J  In case you missed him on our show you can check that out here: http://bit.ly/2X3mhhM  Our second record comes from a band called Diametric which happens to include today’s guest! Their latest release is called Late to the Game Check out the band here: http://diametricband.com/ Today we have an interview with Joe Brochu. He happens to be one of the minds behind the fabulous theme for the FAGcast! When he’s not giving us the musical equivalent of the warm fuzzies or jamming in Diametric (check em out on the SLL soundtrack) he co-hosts the Anarchitecture Podcast talking about anarchy and the built environment. https://anarchitecturepodcast.com/  Here are some of the artists we talked about: Gardener Goldsmith http://bit.ly/2FxXFb6  Friends Against Government Podcast http://bit.ly/2wzjB0J  Rollo & Slappy (w/Car Camp it) http://bit.ly/2ZJRwjN  Yacht Rock (webseries) http://bit.ly/2xgCtBO  Rift - Phish http://bit.ly/2YealLF  Fuego - Phish http://bit.ly/2X8t0fm  Ween https://spoti.fi/2X9vIBt  Moonboot Lover http://bit.ly/2JaxGrv  Afro Celt Sound System http://bit.ly/2RDCrNR  Alexis Evans https://spoti.fi/2ZKBAOi  St. Paul & The Broken Bones https://spoti.fi/2VTOPtY  Vulfpeck https://spoti.fi/2xemmF4  Benny Goodman https://spoti.fi/2Yab7sV  Duke Ellington https://spoti.fi/2LiwqVC  Vola https://spoti.fi/2KzWCeU  Mastodon https://spoti.fi/2IJf8zt  Joe Recommends God Street Wine - 1.99 Romances http://bit.ly/2J5uxJf Viva Nueva - Rustic Overtones http://bit.ly/2X4tDBG  Slingshot - Thanks to Gravity http://bit.ly/2IKfrd9  Color in Bloom - Percy Hill http://bit.ly/2ZM8oX6  Office of Strategic Influence - OSI http://bit.ly/2ZKE538  Find all the episodes at http://www.ancapmusic.com Check out the show’s spotify soundtrack here:https://spoti.fi/2MFxkKG To Support Us Join The Freedom Choir here: http://www.supportsll.com Click here to sign up for email list:http://bit.ly/2MDWoSg Want the best course in music & liberty online? http://freedomsong365.com 

On January 15th, 2018, Startup Cities hosted a discussion panel featuring Adam Hengels, founder of Market Urbanism, and Patrik Schumacher, Principal of Zaha Hadid Architects. Hosted by Peter Ryan, Founder of Startup Cities. This episode features the full audio recording of this event, plus Anarchitecture Podcast's pre-game and post-game discussion. Use hashtag #ana018 to reference this episode in a tweet, post, or comment View full show notes at http://anarchitecturepodcast.com/ana018. Intro Introduction to the event and participants We're the color commentary; Market Urbanism is the play-by-play A chance to connect with Market Urbanism, and reconnect with Patrik Schumacher Tim's impressions of the event Summary of topics covered Audio quality - remember that our policy is to blame the listener for any and all audio quality issues. You're just not listening hard enough. YouTube slideshow of notes summarizing the discussion: https://youtu.be/ujq1WGri4wA Startup Cities Event Audio Peter Ryan Mission of Startup Cities: Bring investors and entrepreneurs from startup community to urban planning, real estate development, and architecture communities Startup Cities sponsors 40% of buildings in Manhattan could not be built today with current zoning requirements Patrik Schumacher Biography Was a communist as a student Became more mainstream Re-radicalized in libertarian thought and Austrian economics after 2008 financial crisis Adam Hengels Studied Architecture in college, then switched to Structural Engineering Graduate school at MIT for real estate development, focusing on mega-projects Worked for a developer on large projects (Atlantic Yards in Brooklyn, now Pacific Park) Long-standing interest in urbanism Saw what happened behind the scenes between government and developer (subsidies, eminent domain) Also saw negative impacts of NIMBY groups Adam Hengels Sprawl is not a free-market phenomenon, it is government-created Steven Smith and others started writing for Market Urbanism Market Urbanism is a movement Planning intelligentsia has started to come along. They admit that zoning is a problem. Next step is closing the gap between the intelligentsia and the mainstream Patrik Schumacher Left-liberal consensus runs deep among intelligentsia Peter Ryan Did you (Patrik) perceive these ideas before 2008? Patrik Schumacher Was exploring other ideas about societal organization Fordism - 20th century - Simpler industrial base and societal organization - more compatible with modernism Post-fordism - More complex economic and societal organization - more urban concentration Managed, state-run economy and development - a bad but viable idea in the 1950's, a suicidal idea today Peter Ryan Increased urbanism isn't a decision people are going to make, it is going to happen. What role does market urbanism play in this inevitable development? Adam Hengels The future is a world of agglomeration. People want to be around other people The great ideas of the future are going to happen in cities Patrik Schumacher Cities create the conditions under which productivity can soar and flourish People are willing to give up 80% of their salary to be in the city center and participate in the city network Living in the city is a socio-economic necessity, but urban life is also desirable The city is a prosperity engine Zoning and standards (i.e. housing) prevent people from making life choices. One-size fits all restrictions. These regulations prevent affordablility. Talking about this topic is viciously toxic Adam Hengels There are also environmental consequences of planning regulations. San Francisco is one of the most environmentally friendly places in the world to live. The more we prevent people from living in San Francisco, the worse for the environment. Peter Ryan How do planning regulations distort what the architect does? Patrik Schumacher Regulations stifle innovation and creativity for architects and developers Everything is predetermined Entrepreneurs compete only on the basis of negotiating with authorities, rent-seeking Basically there’s no market in real estate. That’s why it doesn’t function These (negotiations with authorities) are invitations for corruption  Adam Hengels Architects don't design buildings in NYC, zoning does. 90% of what you do is just compliance. "Planners" isn't the right word. They're not planning, they're reacting. Petty bureaucrats Patrik Schumacher Creativity comes through loopholes London developer building 500 bedrooms around one living room China - creative, counterintuitive developments The profession becomes boring and stifling Creativity has to start with entrepreneurial developers' creativity. Adam Hengels Developers have been trained to be compliance machines To be creative, find a loophole Adam Hengels Parafin - Artificial intelligence platform that uses generative design and parametric modeling to rapidly generate optimized buildings. Rather than wait weeks for architects to turn around a handful of options and then run cost analyses, Parafin generates millions of design options with cost analysis within minutes. Patrik Schumacher Research project to use parametric modeling to evaluate complex campuses Adam Hengels Computational analysis of development and design rather than relying on entrepreneurs' and architects' intuition Patrik Schumacher The city is the best place for discovering synergies We love that chaos, liveliness, diversity, mixity of uses The city is all about coming together, connecting up networking for synergetic activities Freedom of uses is necessary for cities to self-organize into complex, navigable places Architect gives shape and expression to this to allow people to find places and each other It shouldn't be a city sliced up into individual blocks and cells, it should be very open Inter-visibility and awareness. Multiple levels, dense, and organic Adam Hengels Cities as a rainforest – unplanned order and synergy Patrik Schumacher Bottom-up order Identity and coherence, navigable Garbage spill urbanization - cities all look the same Multi-species ecology generates character and order. Rule-based, not random Bottom-up forces need to be free to give shape to their environment Question from audience For a private, city-scale developer, it may be optimal for planning to take place. With no plan, cost of starting is much higher. How do you balance the costs and benefits of planning in private development? Patrik Schumacher London's great estates - large parcels of land were planned Planning as curation Curation needs to go by something It can be experimental and competitive at different scales Allow for something new to emerge - more anarchic and chaotic Adam Hengels Planning has to happen at some level Plan synergies of the private developer Need to have flexibility in the long run Need to recognize that cities are an emergent order Question from audience Should we get government out of the business of insuring risky lending? Should we restrict certain types of building, i.e. in watersheds?  Adam Hengels In 2008, big banks should have failed. In favor of not building in a watershed, but its a question of how you do it - with the heavy hand of government, or some other mechanism? Patrik Schumacher In a scenario where everything was privatized, owners of water resources would secure the benefits of long-term preservation and profitability of the resource. Self-regulation Individual land-owners could come together and organize Built environment is complex, lots of externalities. It's more politicized than some other industries (i.e. fashion). There are entrepreneurial and market solutions Question from audience What is the most difficult city you've ever worked in, and why? Adam Hengels Worked in NYC and Chicago, studied in Boston. Cambridge, MA may be more difficult than NYC. Chicago is a free market paradise compared to New York, but it's far from free in reality. Patrik Schumacher More dense, mature, and wealthy places are slower When you add a new piece to this context, you have to be sensitive This is made difficult by planning restrictions on improvisation A lot of value is destroyed by things not happening - projects rejected, postponed, or cancelled The land value that planning approval adds (to existing land values) has shot up in London from 50% of GDP to 200% of GDP Adam Hengels What's the longest time one of your projects has been tied up in approvals? Patrik Schumacher In Italy, the government changed ten times during the course of a project. What should have taken 3-4 years took 11 years. Question from audience California senator Scott Weiner introducing a bill (SB 827) to supersede local planning restrictions around transit. Resistance is from homeowners and incumbent developers. What is the market urbanism answer to removing power of homeowners rather than bureaucracy? Adam Hengels That bill (SB 827) looks awesome. If you're a certain radius from a transit station, the local governments cannot impose height restrictions below a certain amount, cannot impose density restrictions. Opening a good dialogue. Why are we preventing people from living in transit-served locations, because there are incumbent homeowners who don't like it? Question from audience What is the market urbanism answer to removing power of homeowners rather than bureaucracy? Patrik Schumacher  I don't think homeowners should necessarily have this power to prevent development in one area. There's no fast and ready formula that defines what is infringement on someone else's property. Preventing new building that doesn't affect someone else's property, just affects someone's feeling, is too much protectionism. In markets you don't prevent someone from opening a firm and competing with you. There needs to be a political debate about the kind of rules that should be acceptable. NIMBYism is the force behind the politics. That sense of entitlement needs to be broken. Political discourse shouldn't always lead to majority voting on everything.  YIMBY proposal in London to have people collectively agree to allow increased density on their streets. Question from audience Smart Cities - Are data-driven tools for cities dangerous munitions, or will they help planners do a better job? Adam Hengels There's a potential for both Empowered with better information, in theory they should make better decisions  But that information could be released to the public or open-source so everyone can make better decisions Patrik Schumacher It should empower private planners. It's not only an information problem, it's also an incentive problem. In political processes, the feedback is very coarse and crude - bundled into 4-year elections with everything else. Market urbanism gives voice and empowerment to everybody. Information is often lacking, governments often have counter-incentives for applying the information. Question from audience European cities appear as green, new urbanism paradises. Is "going green" another layer of regulation, or does it help to further the main goals of a city as the interaction between people? Patrik Schumacher One-size-fits-all rules of energy conservation make little sense Incentives to save energy should be in the market. Eliminate subsidies. I believe carbon trading is an interim measure. Improve walkability of cities. This kind of greening would be synergetic and congenial to a privatization effort. There could be some kind of collective action underlying this, but the political process is very slow (decades). Adam Hengels If government is going to talk about the environment, it should start by stopping doing the things that they're doing that are hurting the environment. Stop subsidizing the automobile Stop building all these damn highways Stop war Before you tell someone else what to do, you gotta have virtue yourself. Question from audience Hudson County NJ has half a million people. What prevents it from being the core of an independent city as opposed to a bedroom community that sends commuters to Manhattan? Adam Hengels It doesn't have the agglomeration that Manhattan does Zoning policies may prevent increased agglomeration Question from audience The title is "Startup Cities," which presupposes cities getting started. How many of you in the audience have actually attempted to start a city? Learn about what it takes to incorporate a city, it's not as hard as you think. If you were able to incorporate a city, you would be able to set up a planning and zoning board (not that you should!) But you could craft planning boards that could be more friendly to the ideas presented here. For a "city-preneur," what sorts of things should they be looking at when starting a city from scratch? Adam Hengels The first question is why. Why are you starting a city? How and why are people going to come together? I've become more humbled that we could or should be starting cities from scratch. Start small, with some economic reason. Patrik Schumacher In most of these private city projects, it's not only a new city, it's a new society. Its a libertarian project of a more free market driven society. Existing cities are politically captured. Since the whole world is so politically stifled, a private city could create incentives as a free economic zone to draw people. Would try to avoid zoning functions / uses. Allow speculation of uses. Could have a sounding board advising. Try out as much freedom as possible and do not be paranoid about freedom and what could come out of it. Peter Ryan The largest tax contributor in Florida, Disney World, was a startup city. Interesting to look into the dynamic of how they bought the land, worked with the state, and developed legal systems that were customised for themselves, zoning regulations, building codes, were tailor fit. While floating islands in the Pacific are a good bar to reach for, there are plenty of examples of private cities in the past that we can go back to. Adam Hengels Website: marketurbanism.com Twitter: @marketurbanism Facebook A new non-profit organization - The Center for Market Urbanism Nolan Gray is head of policy and research Events – Foundation for Economic Education FEEcon this summer in Atlanta. Patrik will keynote the Market Urbanism track. A collaborative book project summarizing the policies of Market Urbanism. Patrik Schumacher Giving a lecture tomorrow at the National Arts Club Talking about architecture and societal progress The built environment as ordered social processes The city as a text, a system of signification, etc. Website - www.patrikschumacher.com Facebook YouTube Talking about free market urbanism, also illustrating the history of urban development through various stages of socio-economic development Peter Ryan Startup Cities Website: startupcities.co Hashtag #startupcities Post-Game Discussion Joe's impressions of the event Seething envy Nothing ever happens in Australia The growing impact of Market Urbanism Parafin - AI powered development modeling Joe's household budget spreadsheet has become self-aware When is a computational approach best suited to the project? One-liners "They're not planning, they're reacting" "Gaming the planners" - a recipe for corruption It's not rule of law, it's rule of men Would NIMBYism be worse under private ownership of public space? Home Owner's Associations (HOA's) Density entices development of amenities and transit NIMBYism is a symptom of government-induced sprawl Increasing urbanism is an inevitable trend, not the result of a vote The inherent bias in favor of incumbent homeowners under democracy The opposite incentive could be the case under private cities Curation Allowing more organic entrepreneurial devlopment Pruning and weeding Curation by dispute resolution and pre-emptive public fora Scott Wiener's SB 827 Upzoning Beverly Hills The state government as a check on local government overreach - are anarchists ok with this? Startup Cities - Literally! Cities as an entrepreneurial venture Innovating cities Do cities need to be grown organically, or can they be created from scratch? Seasteading Liberland Economic freedom can provide the seed of a successful city - Hong Kong, Singapore Post-event activities and name-dropping Market Urbanism started as a blog, is becoming a movement Links/Resources YouTube slideshow of notes summarizing the discussion: https://youtu.be/ujq1WGri4wA Livestream Video of this event on Urbanist Startup Cities Peter Ryan's Startup Cities: Urbanization as Opportunity manifesto Market Urbanism Website/Blog Twitter: @marketurbanism Don't miss Market Urbanism at FEEcon 2018, featuring Adam, Patrik, and many other Market Urbanists! Adam Hengels Parafin Patrik Schumacher Anarchitecture Podcast's Patrik Schumacher Series patrikschumacher.com – Patrik’s publications, interviews, and lectures, including his two-volume book on architectural theory, “The Autopoiesis of Architecture” Zaha Hadid Architects California's SB 827 A cool Interactive Visualization of the Potential Effects of SB 827 Why SB 827 Failed Emily Hamilton on the inherent bias towards incumbent resident voters (on Market Urbanism, of course) Sandy Springs, GA - Outsourcing the city Seasteading Liberland - a Startup Country Sandy Ikeda: Is there a Libertarian Architecture? Nolan Gray bio Stephen Smith bio

Tim presented a speech at the 14th Annual Porcupine Freedom Festival (Porcfest), titled “Private Ownership of Public Space in Post-State Cities.” He addressed three key questions: 1. What is “public space” and why should libertarians care about it? 2. How can public use be preserved under private ownership? 3. How can state owned spaces be divested into private ownership? This episode features a brief discussion about Porcfest, and the full recording of Tim’s speech. View full show notes at anarchitecturepodcast.com/ana013. ----more---- Intro “You had me at ‘Privatization'” Discussion What is the Free State Project? A pledge by 20,000 libertarian activists to move to New Hampshire within five years. Adra Architecture – The Official Sponsor of Anarchitecture Podcast (a shameless plug for Tim’s new architecture practice) Terms and Conditions apply Tim’s profit-seeking motive for sponsoring PorcFest The Porcupine as a symbol of Liberty What the Free State Project and Kim Jong Il have in common FIGHT CLUB – Tim vs. Jeffrey Tucker The Porcfest crowd Not “With Her” Bohemians in tie-dye Ex-military guys with assault rifles Bohemians in tie-dye with assault rifles Bitcoin computer geeks Families Business people Academics The big umbrella of libertarianism Porcfest Events Debates on zoning, immigration Patrick Byrne – CEO of Overstock.com Dale Brown, from Detroit Threat Management Center Burning Porcupine Pig roast Vendor booths for businesses, food, and merchandise The “Adra Lounge” – Tim’s own piece of public space Thanking our entire audience for going to Porcfest OMG WE ARE CELEBRETARIANS NOW!!! Brett Veinotte from School Sucks Project Steve Patterson – Tim throws down the gauntlet, which was quantum entangled so that it was really Joe throwing it down. “Speaking of shooting off your mouth… my speech.”   The Adra Lounge Speech Notes Overview What is public space? Ownership of land Divestiture of government property Ownership of public space Post-state cities What is Public Space? …and why should libertarians care about it? Space that is accessible to non-owners without invitation, with reasonable restrictions Access to Public Space …a sliding scale Public Space No permission for entry, no permission for occupancy (Public park) Permissible Public Space Minor permissions for entry and / or occupancy, i.e. Pay a fee (Movie theater) Permissible Private Space Major restrictions on entry and/or occupancy (Corporate building lobby) Private Space Invitation only (Private Home) Categories of Public Space Open Space Urban open space (plazas and parks) Natural areas (hiking trails, nature preserves, beaches, preserved farmland) Enclosed parks (theme parks, amusement parks, botanical gardens)  Buildings Social / Cultural facilities (museums, theaters, community centers, libraries, tourist attractions, sports arenas) Mercantile facilities (Farmers markets, malls, shops, restaurants) Transportation facilities (airports, train stations, bus stations)  Pathways Roads and rights-of-way Waterways (Rivers, lakes, oceans) Parking (Lots, garages, on-street spaces) Restrictions on Public Space …do not necessarily disqualify a space as “public” Administrative Restrictions: Fees for use (park fees, road tolls) Hours of use Occupancy capacity (egress, parking) Types of occupancy (camping, mercantile, assembly) Behavioral Restrictions: Disruptive / aggressive behavior / drinking Reckless driving Criminality Health and safety risks Why is public space important? Essential to human functioning Freedom of movement Marketplaces – Access to goods, services, and jobs Recreation, nature, history, and arts Social interaction, public discourse, protest, celebration Public Space Summary Space that is accessible to non-owners without invitation, with reasonable restrictions Many types of public space – Open Space, Buildings, Pathways Government owned and privately owned Degrees of access with permissions Many private facilities have public space components (i.e. Lobbies) Expectation of entry (if not occupancy) on most properties Restrictions on entry and occupancy Public space is essential to public life Ownership of Land Essential elements of ownership Reasonable freedom from adverse use inhibiting desired use Duration of desired use with minimal risk of seizure (i.e. lease term) Freedom to transfer ownership rights at will, in whole (sale) or in part (lease) Necessity of Land Ownership Private property ownership of land is essential to settlement and production. Any society that is not nomadic needs to allocate private property to farm the land and build homes, roads, and infrastructure, with minimal risk of seizure, eviction, and adverse use by others. Means of Enforcing Land Ownership Architectural Means Fences, Gates, Walls, Doors, Intrusion Alarms Legal Means Titles, Deeds, Trusts, Surveys, Liens, Homestead, Common Law / Custom Forceful Means Armed Security, Forceful Eviction, Booby Traps Is forceful eviction consistent with the non-aggression principle? …and the sign says anybody caught trespassing will be shot on sight So I jumped the fence and yelled to the house, Hey, what gives you the right? To put up a fence to keep me out, and keep mother nature in If God were here he’d tell it to your face, Man, you’re some kind of sinner Signs, by Five Man Electrical Band Is trespass without threat an act of aggression that justifies defensive force? No Has a trespasser consented to force being used against him? Maybe Does a right to forceful eviction depend on local laws and customs? Yes Is forceful eviction consistent with the non-aggression principle? The right to use force to exclude or evict people from a certain area of land is not an a priori “natural” right However, forceful eviction is necessary (with proportionality and due process) to avoid adverse use of many types of property, which is essential to settlement and production A right to forceful eviction is a valid legal construct in societies with broad consensus for property rights. Establishing a Right To Forceful Eviction Homesteading “Mix labor with the land” A nice idea, but impractical Takes time to “mix” labor with a large area of land Excludes potential for natural preservation Can justify an initial claim after the fact First Claim “I claim this chest in the name of Spain” Necessary, but insufficient Dennis Hope has claimed the Moon and sold off claims to others. Some combination of claim, survey, and declaration of intent for use may be sufficient to validate a claim (i.e. mining claims). But none of this matters… Seizure “All your base are belong to us” No existing land title has been established primarily by homesteading No future land titles (on Earth) will be created by homesteading All existing land titles have been created by governments who have claimed unused land or seized occupied land. Are all existing land titles invalid? NO Land claims are relative. Whoever has the earliest provable claim to land has the best claim (Stephan Kinsella) Privately-owned land has been “removed” from the governments who seized it. Is “Public Property” invalid? There is no public property. “Public Property” is private property that happens to be owned by a government. The Owner (government) sets rules for access, fees, and allowable uses, no different than private property owners. Some government-owned property is public space, and some is not. Like private property, government-owned land titles may be valid if there are no better competing claims The problem is the ongoing ownership by a government taxing and initiating force. The government needs to go away, not the land titles. Divestiture of Government Property Why Divest Government Property? Property ownership forms part of the basis for the state’s power and perceived legitimacy. Government-owned roads, parks, beaches, etc. are amenities that entice people to support government and taxation. Bread and circuses. Less justification for eminent domain. Government doesn’t need to take land to build roads if it doesn’t build roads. Governments collect taxes to build infrastructure, spend taxes blowing up infrastructure in other countries. Private landownership is the basis for a voluntary society governed by rules of private landowners. Levels of authority: Landowners’ rules, deed restrictions, social standards, universal morals (NAP) Municipal police exist largely in part to patrol municipal property. Private security becomes much more viable and logical without government property. Property divestiture to public forms of ownership (i.e. voucher privatization) could be a windfall endowment to the poor. How should government property be divested? Abandonment (to be re-homesteaded) Only valid for unused land Restitution to taxpayers (Hoppe) What’s so special about taxpayers? What about government’s other victims? Arbitrary allocation Politically impossible – giving more property to the rich Seizure by revolutionaries In the absence of a valid competing land claim, forceful taking would create an invalid title. Subject to invalidation in future.Revolutionary overthrow of government would just create another governmental owner. Transfer from government to government, not divestiture. Spin off government departments as private organizations Highway Department becomes Highway Association / Highway Corporation Risk of monopoly Risk of bankruptcy Who owns the spin-off? “Opt-in” Trusts Anyone, anywhere can opt-in to create a share Preferred shares for people who invest money in improvements Profits or other benefits for preferred shares Normal shares can vote but can’t receive profits (Safeguard against losing public use to wealthy cabal) Preserving Access Rights to Public Space The purchaser draws boundaries, fences himself in, and says, ‘This is mine; each one by himself, each one for himself.’ Here, then, is a piece of land upon which, henceforth, no one has right to step, save the proprietor and his friends; which can benefit nobody, save the proprietor and his servants. “Let these multiply, and soon the people … will have nowhere to rest, no place of shelter, no ground to till. They will die of hunger at the proprietor’s door, on the edge of that property which was their birth-right; and the proprietor, watching them die, will exclaim, ‘So perish idlers and vagrants.’” – Pierre-Joseph Proudhon Existing public use of government-owned roads, parks, plazas, etc. has been “homesteaded” Divestiture of public space to private entities should not allow them to restrict access Reasonable access restrictions, consistent with existing restrictions Traffic laws Fees for use Hours of operation Behavioral / safety restrictions Means of Enforcing Public Access Public Ownership Opt-in Trust – Public can join as owners and vote shares to maintain public access Public access could be removed with broad consensus Trust Ownership Declaration of Trust could define purpose of land ownership trust as preserving public space. Limit powers of trust to remove land from public access Deed Covenants Before divesting, governments could establish deed covenants and easements that define public access rights, responsibilities, and restrictions Summary of Private Ownership of Public Space Existing land titles not in dispute should be respected Government property should be divested to private ownership Public forms of private ownership (i.e. Opt-in Trusts) may be most viable Public access to existing government property should be preserved by legal right Post-State Cities Public space freed from the tragedy of the commons Private ownership can bring market efficiency, value discovery, and accountability to public space Enhancement of green spaces and urban plazas Reduction of road congestion and traffic accidents Provision of appropriate parking Efficacy of mass transit Mitigation of unsustainable sprawl With or without a state, the thoughtful divestiture of state property to private owners could enrich our cities and towns with a flourishing of public space. Links/Resources Free State Project | Liberty in Our Lifetime Porcfest – The Porcupine Freedom Festival Adra Architecture – Tim’s new Architecture Firm Dale Brown (Detroit Threat Management Center) on The Tom Woods Show School Sucks Project Steve Patterson on Quantum Mechanics (Soon to be corrected) Signs – Five Man Electrical Band I Claim This Chest in the Name of Spain! Dennis Hope – Selling the Moon Stephan Kinsella – Land Claims are Relative Hoppe – Divest to the Taxpayers – Near the end of the article. See also the Kinsella link above for a reference to Hoppe’s position. Join the Conversation Use hashtag #ana013 to reference this episode in a tweet, post, or comment

We were recently interviewed on The Tom Woods Show. This episode includes the discussion with Tom, plus a “post-game” discussion to further clarify some of the points raised during the interview. View full show notes at anarchitecturepodcast.com/ana008. ----more---- Pre-Game Tom Woods is the… Nicest Guy In the Liberty Movement (except on Twitter) James Brown of the Liberty Movement Oprah of the Liberty Movement Preparations for the interview Interview – The Tom Woods Show, Episode 802 (00:04:55) Tom Introduces Tim and Joe Joe, the “Multi-disciplinary Engineer” Ideological slants of Architects and Engineers Logistics of producing “The World’s Most Antipodal Podcast (TM)” What is the Built Environment? Who will build the roads? Built Environment issues are not politicized left vs. right Libertarians and “Normal People” “Undesirable Material” – Anarcho-Sewage Treatment The format of every NPR story Is Tennis more libertarian than football? Planning isn’t a bad thing Jane Jacobs Human Scale “Eyes on the Street” Planned and Unplanned cities Failures of Planning – Boston City Hall Plaza The roads, revisited Are libertarian solutions too clunky? Technical solutions and commercial solutions Pop Quiz: Which country is an anarcho-capitalist utopia with private roads? Privatization and divestiture – How do we get there from here? Anarchitecture Podcast website details @anarchitecturep on Twitter – Real world examples (we use #ThisIsAnarchitecture) “The Tom Woods House” – A great result using DonorSee Post-Game (00:41:37) Initial reactions Our first interview – thinking on our toes How we usually record – Editing Ums and Ahs Technical Challenges Tim’s Recording Rig Joe’s Pop Filter “Have I started an electrical fire?” Tom’s cat – even the pro’s have glitches Highlights Unscripted moments of inspiration Tom’s takeaways from #ana003 Who was Hayek? Developed Austrian Business Cycle Theory with Ludwig von Mises Won the “Swedish Central Bank’s Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel” AKA Nobel Prize in Economics Focused on the role of decentralized information in a complex society Who was Jane Jacobs? “The Death and Life of Great American Cities” Feud with Robert Moses – Grassroots opposition to eminent domain No formal education, an autodidact Journalist for Architectural Record magazine “Where are all the people?” “Eyes on the Street” – taking ownership of your neighborhood Le Corbusier’s “Vertical City” – Unite de habitacion A good idea, dumbed down Public housing projects and criminality A spectacular failure – Pruitt-Igoe A decentralized surveillance state Distributed surveillance, judgement and action “Were there any parts where you put your foot in your mouth?” Dodging the question UN AGENDA 21!!! – Too harsh? Applying Austrian insights about information and monopoly theory to city planning Channeling Alex Jones Conclusion Update on the final episode of the Citizen of Nowhere series Tim’s blog post on Patrik Schumacher Links/Resources The Tom Woods Show Episode 802 on Tom’s site Article mentioned in the interview: Architects are left-leaning Architects’ Utopian Visions Modernist Dreams of Utopian Architecture Utopian Architecture Part 2: Beyond Modernism Jane Jacobs on Wikipedia on Mises.org on Strong Towns Jacobs and Hayek – Strong Towns podcast with Nolan Gray of Market Urbanism The Death and Life of Great American Cities on Amazon Boston City Hall Plaza Apologia Walter Block on Road Privitization The Privatization of Roads and Highways (free e-book on Mises.org) – Note, Joe got the name wrong in the discussion Privatizing Roads Lecture on Youtube Sweden’s Private Road Associations (PRA’s) on Wikipedia on National Academy of Sciences A counterpoint – Are Private Road Associations really private? The Tom Woods House The Tom Woods Show Ep. 751 with Gret Glyer of DonorSee Public Space   Frank van Dun on Public Space and Rights of Way in an anarcho-capitalist society Rebuttal by Walter Block Frederich A. Hayek “Nobel Prize” Acceptance Speech: The Pretense of Knowledge Essay: The Use of Knowledge in Society Jeff Tucker applies Hayek’s insights to a city Pass Le Corbusier Wrote a book called Toward an Architecture. Get it? Toward Anarchitecture! What a visionary! Unité d’habitation concept – Cité radieuse (Radiant City) in Marseille Dumbed down, then demolished: Pruitt-Igoe housing project in St. Louis The Capitalist and the Entrepreneur by Peter Klein (free e-book on Mises.org) Join the Conversation Use hashtag #ana008 to reference this episode in a tweet, post, or comment

Introduction to the Anarchitecture Podcast – a meta-episode. Use hashtag #ana000 to reference this episode in a tweet, shared post, or comment. View full show notes at anarchitecturepodcast.com/ana000. ----more---- Discussion: Brief Bio’s of Tim and Joe How we became anarchists Why we’re doing a podcast Logistics of producing the world’s most antipodal podcast Sound quality problems are your fault What is Anarchitecture? Overviews of first five episodes Future developments for Anarchitecture Website, social media, and contact details (links below) Links/Resources: “I am… the Architect” Gardner Goldsmith’s “Liberty Conspiracy” podcast The Ludwig von Mises Institute (mises.org) Audio/Video on Mises.org Atlas Shrugged by Ayn Rand For a New Liberty: The Libertarian Manifesto by Murray Rothbard