Tech utopians plan to build futuristic city in Uruguay. Sep 22, 2026 The New York-based, crypto-backed "digital nation" Praxis says it has ended a years-long hunt for a place to build a city of the future - and chosen the riverbanks of Uruguay. "The world tour has concluded: We've chosen Uruguay," Dryden Brown, Praxis's chief executive, said in an interview. "It's the coolest thing ever." Praxis surveyed the Mediterranean and found it too close to active wars. It considered buying Greenland and met public resistance. Now it has signed a deal to nest its community inside +Colonia, a start-up city an Argentine company is raising near Colonia del Sacramento. Construction of apartment buildings is already under way. Brown, 30, a former professional surfer who left his last job at 23, has pledged to build a new civilization and to revive Western culture. He has drawn skepticism and controversy for a musclebound, Western-centric vision of society. +Colonia is led by Eduardo Bastitta, an entrepreneur whom Argentine President Javier Milei named as an adviser. The agreement is largely nonbinding. Whether the promise becomes brick and mortar remains an open question. Praxis is to start acquiring land inside the +Colonia site - a barren stretch of dunes about an hour by ferry from Buenos Aires - by the end of next year. Brown said he plans to move to Uruguay as soon as December, which is "going to be awesome." More members of the community, which has existed mostly online and at New York parties where people wore dog tags reading "meet me in the eternal city," are expected in the first buildings next year. "Having, like, an actual place is, like, really, really fire," Brown said. After a world tour that never quite landed, the digital nation now has a river, a dune and a date on the calendar. Whether Uruguay becomes the eternal city - or another stop that did not hold - will be measured in foundations, not slogans. Discover more Religious news updates Free news app End Time Headlines is a ministry founded, owned, and operated by Ricky Scaparo, established in 2010 to equip believers and inform discerning individuals about the "Signs and Seasons" of the times in which End Time Headlines live. Ricky authors original articles and curates news from mainstream sources, carefully selecting topics, verifying information, and utilizing artificial intelligence tools to ensure content is both timely and accurate. Every piece is personally reviewed and edited by Ricky to align with the ministry's mission of providing a prophetic perspective on current events.

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