📔 The Hidden Secession: How 5,400 Economic Zones Are Reshaping the World Under Our Noses

Heliox: Where Evidence Meets Empathy

Send us a text

Be sure to explore the episode substack

The most significant shifts in history never trumpet their arrival. They happen quietly, gradually reshaping our reality while we're distracted by louder narratives. We're living through such a transformation right now, and most people haven't even noticed.

Over 5,400 special economic zones now exist worldwide. Let that sink in. These aren't just abstract economic concepts – they're physical territories carved out within existing nations, operating under different rules, different tax codes, different labor regulations, different everything. A thousand of these zones emerged in just the last decade alone. The scale is staggering, and the implications for democracy, sovereignty, and the future of the nation-state are profound.

Crack-Up Capitalism: Market Radicals and the Dream of a World Without Democracy

This is Heliox: Where Evidence Meets Empathy

Independent, moderated, timely, deep, gentle, clinical, global, and community conversations about things that matter. Breathe Easy, we go deep and lightly surface the big ideas.

Thanks for listening today!

Four recurring narratives underlie every episode: boundary dissolution, adaptive complexity, embodied knowledge, and quantum-like uncertainty. These aren’t just philosophical musings but frameworks for understanding our modern world.

We hope you continue exploring our other podcasts, responding to the content, and checking out our related articles on the Heliox Podcast on Substack.

Support the show

About SCZoomers:
https://www.facebook.com/groups/1632045180447285
https://x.com/SCZoomers
https://mstdn.ca/@SCZoomers
https://bsky.app/profile/safety.bsky.app
Spoken word, short and sweet, with rhythm and a catchy beat.
http://tinyurl.com/stonefolksongs
Curated, independent, moderated, timely, deep, gentle, evidenced-based, clinical & community information regarding COVID-19. Since 2017, it has focused on Covid since Feb 2020, with Multiple Stores per day, hence a large searchable base of stories to date. More than 4000 stories on COVID-19 alone. Hundreds of stories on Climate Change.
Zoomers of the Sunshine Coast is a news organization with the advantages of deeply rooted connections within our local community, combined with a provincial, national and global following and exposure. In written form, audio, and video, we provide evidence-based and referenced stories interspersed with curated commentary, satire and humour. We reference where our stories come from and who wrote, published, and even inspired them. Using a social media platform means we have a much higher degree of interaction with our readers than conventional media and provides a significant amplification effect, positively. We expect the same courtesy of other media referencing our stories.