Patagonia Plus Argentina creates the future

Patagonia Plus: Argentina creates the future
CIVILIZATION OF THE DAWN: A MARTIAN CITY AT THE END OF THE EARTH
Report
Authors
Luis Ragno and Vladimir Lermontov September 2026
When the wind of change blows from the south
Have you ever wondered why we Argentines are so fond of talking about what we could have done, but for some reason we didn't? Why is it that the word "potential" is so often used in our coffee conversations, in our newspapers, in our TV debates — as if the country we love is forever frozen in a state of expectation? We have lands that feed half the world. We have scientists who are invited to the best laboratories on the planet. We have writers, musicians, athletes, engineers, architects — talents that every Argentine is proud of. But something is always missing. Something big, something that unites us, something that will make us all — regardless of our political views, regardless of our province, regardless of our age — look in the same direction and say: this is ours. This is what we created. This is our future.
The "Patagonia Plus" project is an attempt to meet this challenge. This is not a construction plan. This is a declaration: Argentina is ready to create the future with its own hands. Don't borrow other people's models. Don't copy what others have done. And to offer the world its own path — the Argentine path to tomorrow.
Humanity has always built dreams
Humanity has always expressed itself through architecture. The great civilizations of the past left us a legacy of the wonders of the world: the Pyramids of Giza, the Colosseum, the Taj Mahal. Each of these monuments is not just a building, but a symbol of the era, the embodiment of the dream of an entire nation. Today, countries continue this tradition, but the scale of tasks has changed: they build not just buildings, but entire models of the future, laying their values, ambitions and responses to global challenges in them. A key marker of these models is a technological breakthrough. Countries compete not only in scale, but also in how radically new technologies will change the very logic of life in the city.
And here's what hurts: we're watching this race from the stands. We read about incredible projects in the deserts of Arabia, in the jungles of Asia, on the islands of the Pacific Ocean — and think: how beautiful, how bold, how far away from us. But why? Why does Argentina, a country with a territory comparable to an entire continent, a country with an incredible variety of climates and landscapes, a country with an educated and talented people, remain a spectator? Could it be that we just don't believe in ourselves strongly enough?
"Patagonia Plus" is a project that starts with faith. With the belief that we can. From the belief that an Argentine engineer, an Argentine architect, an Argentine programmer, an Argentine biologist are capable of doing the same thing as their colleagues anywhere in the world. From the belief that our land is not only a source of raw materials, but also a cradle of ideas.
Global race: the world is no longer waiting
To understand the scope of what we offer, you need to look at the context. Now we are seeing a real race of projects, where each country demonstrates its own view of what the city will be like tomorrow.
Saudi Arabia has announced the NEOM megaproject. Part of it — The Line — was conceived as a linear city 170 km long: two parallel structures 500 meters high, where all the infrastructure — parks, schools, shops — is located on different "floors", providing a five-minute walking distance. The Spine high-speed transport system is laid under the surface. The plan is to completely eliminate cars, integrate artificial intelligence to manage the city's systems, use robots for logistics and maintenance, and provide energy supply exclusively from renewable sources. When you read about it, how do you feel? Admiration? Envy? Or the quiet sadness that it wasn't us?
Another example is the Burj Khalifa in Dubai. The tallest building in the world — 828 meters. It has become not just a record, but a powerful symbol of the UAE's engineering capabilities and ambitions, turning Dubai into one of the main centers of attraction for tourists and businesses. Its construction was made possible thanks to a whole range of technological solutions: the development of special grades of concrete that are resistant to extreme heat, an asymmetric shape to combat wind loads, systems of thermal panels that reflect ultraviolet and infrared radiation, as well as advanced solutions in the field of elevator systems and engineering network management. Dubai was a small city on the edge of the desert. Today it is a symbol of the future. Why? Because someone believed it was possible.
The focus is also shifting towards sustainability. Abu Dhabi is developing Masdar City, the first city in the world to fully provide itself with renewable energy, minimize waste, and build a life around green technologies. An entire ecosystem is created here: passive shading systems that work without energy consumption and respond to temperature changes, buildings with a low carbon footprint, closed water use cycles, clusters for testing solutions in the field of artificial intelligence, energy storage and mobility. Architects were inspired by traditions: the narrow streets of ancient Middle Eastern cities helped create natural shade and improve the microclimate.
China offers its own view: Tianjin Eco-City is a joint project with Singapore. On the site of former salt marshes and polluted reservoirs, a space with smart systems was created: rainwater collection and reuse, windmills and solar panels, a ban on plastic, and extensive bicycle infrastructure. A pneumatic waste collection system has been introduced here: garbage is transported through underground pipes, which makes the process invisible, silent and hygienic, and also significantly reduces the number of garbage trucks on the streets. This is an example of how technology can solve environmental problems and change the way we approach urbanisation.
In Singapore, the focus is on integrating technology into everyday life: autonomous transport, "smart" traffic management systems, floating city projects (for example, Oceanix City) as a response to the threat of rising sea levels.
All these projects are not just construction projects, but live laboratories where concepts are tested, which in a few years may become the norm for cities around the world. These are manifestos: through the form, technology and philosophy of space, countries declare their priorities — whether it is a technological breakthrough, environmental responsibility or the desire for harmony between man and nature.
And now, an honest question: what is Argentina on this list? Not a single project. Not a single voice. Not a single dream that we would offer to the world. We stand on the sidelines and watch others determine what tomorrow will be like. "Patagonia Plus" is our chance to stop watching and start acting.
Why Patagonia?
When we talk about a place where Argentina can realize its dream of the future, the answer lies on the surface — Patagonia. The very name "Patagonia" sounds like a promise: vast expanses, wild wind, glaciers, steppes, mountains, ocean. This is the most mystical, wildest and most unspoiled region of our country, where nature still preserves its original power.
Think about it: when foreigners hear the word "Patagonia", what do they picture? Perito Moreno Glacier, Towers del Paine, winds that rip roofs off, deserted roads that go over the horizon, condors soaring over canyons. Patagonia is a brand that already works. The whole world knows this name. The whole world feels its power. And we want to add a new word to this image: future.
But it is here, at the edge of the habitable world, that we propose to create something that will change the idea of where innovation can be born. Patagonia offers something that none of these projects offer: a unique combination of extreme natural environments and enormous untapped potential. There is no tightness of a megalopolis, there is no historical development that restricts the freedom of experiment. There is a space here, both literally and philosophically. A space to ask the question: what should be the city that does not fight with nature, but lives with it in symbiosis?
Patagonia's climate is harsh. Yes. But it is this severity that is the challenge that drives engineering. If we learn how to build energy-efficient buildings that can withstand Patagonian winds and temperature changes, these solutions will be applicable almost everywhere — from Scandinavia to Alaska. If we create a renewable energy system that works in changeable weather conditions, it will become a benchmark for the whole world. Patagonia is not an obstacle. This is a testing ground that forges technologies ready for use anywhere in the world.
And another argument that is often overlooked: Patagonia is not a desert. This is a vibrant region with cities, towns, farms, and people who have lived on this land for generations and love it. "Patagonia Plus" project is not an invasion of the wild, it is a development that should be a continuation of what is already there, but at a new level. A level that respects the past and looks to the future.
What is "Patagonia Plus"?
"Patagonia Plus" is the working name of the initiative, which in its full concept is called Civilizaci;n del Amanecer — "Civilization of the Dawn", and the city itself is called Ciudad del Amanecer — "City of the Dawn". The project's technology platform is PatagoFuturo Digital. Three levels, three layers of meaning that together form a single vision.
Civilizaci;n del Amanecer is a philosophy. This is the idea that the next stage of human development should be built not on the exploitation of nature, but on harmony with it. Not on infinite consumption, but on closed cycles. Not on centralization, but on decentralized "smart" systems. We propose the concept of "civilization", not just "city", because we are talking about a scale that goes beyond urbanism. It is a model of how people can live, work, create and co-exist with the environment in the 21st century.
Why "dawn"? Because dawn is the moment when the night recedes and the first light appears. This is the beginning. This is hope. This is the promise of a new day. Argentina has been waiting in the twilight for too long. "City of Dawn" is a metaphor for awakening. The moment when we stop talking about potential and start realizing it.
Ciudad del Amanecer is the physical embodiment of the concept. City where:
1. Energy is produced exclusively from renewable sources — wind, solar, and Patagonia's geothermal resources provide an ideal base. Patagonia has one of the best wind capacities in the world: the average wind speed in some regions exceeds 10 m/s. These are not abstract figures — this is a real opportunity to provide the city with clean energy without a single ton of coal and without a single cubic meter of gas.
2. Transport is completely autonomous and eco-friendly — no cars with internal combustion engines. Electric buses, autonomous shuttles, bicycle infrastructure, pedestrian zones. A city where the air smells like wind and grass, not exhaust fumes.
3. The architecture is adapted to the climate, using local materials and passive heating and cooling systems. Buildings that "breathe" together with nature: they absorb the sun's heat during the day and give it away at night, use natural ventilation instead of air conditioners, collect rainwater instead of draining it into the sewer.
4. Water goes through a closed cycle: cleaning, reuse, minimizing losses. In a region where water is a limited resource, every drop counts. Rainwater collection systems, wastewater treatment and reuse systems, and gray water systems are all built into the city's infrastructure at the design level, rather than being added later as an afterthought.
5. Waste is not taken to landfills, but is processed or disposed of through pneumatic systems and bioreactors. Garbage is not a problem, it is a resource. Organic waste becomes compost, plastic becomes the new plastic, and metal becomes the new metal. A city that doesn't leave a mountain of waste behind, but closes the cycle.
6. Food production is localized: vertical farms, hydroponics, agroecology. A city that feeds itself. Fresh vegetables and herbs are grown directly in buildings, fish — in aquaculture installations, fruit — in city gardens. Food doesn't travel thousands of miles before it hits the table.
7. The digital platform manages the entire city as a single system: from energy distribution to transport routing and air quality monitoring. Every resident has access to real-time data about their city — via an app, public screens, and voice interfaces. Transparency is not a slogan, but a technical reality.
PatagoFuturo Digital is the technological core of the project. A digital platform that connects all the city's systems into a single network. Artificial intelligence analyzes data flows in real time: energy consumption, traffic flows, building conditions, water and air quality. This is not a "smart city" as a fashionable add-on to traditional infrastructure — it is a city that has been designed as a digital ecosystem since the foundation was laid. A city where data is not a corporate commodity, but a public good that serves the residents' well-being.
A technological breakthrough beyond the centers of innovation
One of the key ideas of the project is to prove that a technological breakthrough is possible not only in Dubai, Silicon Valley or Shenzhen. Argentina has everything you need: highly educated population, strong scientific school, rich natural resources and strategic geographical location. One thing is missing — a large-scale national project that would become an assembly point for all these advantages.
Think of our scientists. How many Argentine researchers are currently working in foreign laboratories — not because they don't want to work at home, but because there are no projects at home that are worthy of their talent? How many young engineers, programmers, and architects leave the country every year because they don't see the opportunity to apply their knowledge to a cause that ignites them? "Patagonia Plus" is a project that can give them a reason to stay. Or go back.
"Patagonia Plus" can become:
1. A research cluster in the field of renewable energy adapted to extreme climatic conditions. A place where engineers from all over the world will come to test wind turbines, solar panels and energy storage systems in real, harsh conditions — not in the lab, but under the Patagonian wind.
2. A platform for testing autonomous transport systems in real-world, not laboratory conditions. A city where driverless transport is not an experiment on a closed testing ground, but an everyday reality.
3. A laboratory of sustainable architecture, where materials and design solutions will be developed and tested that are applicable in a wide variety of climatic zones — from the tropics to the tundra.
4. The center for the development of digital urban management platforms — from IoT sensors to machine learning algorithms. A place where programmers create not just another food delivery app, but a system that manages an entire city.
5. A hub for startups in the field of agro-industrial technologies, biotechnologies and environmental solutions. An incubator that does not copy Silicon Valley, but creates its own model — the Argentine, Patagonian, and southern one.
Economy: what does this mean for Argentina?
The project is not a charity initiative. This is an economic strategy. The City of the Future attracts investment, creates jobs in high-tech industries, and encourages the development of related sectors — from construction to tourism. But most importantly, it creates a new identity for Argentina as a country that not only consumes technology, but also creates it.
The economic effect will be multi-level. At the first stage — the construction of infrastructure and the creation of a base: roads, energy, communications, the first residential and commercial buildings. These are jobs for builders, engineers, and designers. These are orders for Argentine companies — from cement plants to metalworking. This is a boost for entire industries.
The second stage involves developing research clusters and attracting international companies to test technologies. These are jobs for scientists, programmers, and technicians. This is an influx of foreign investment — not as loans, but as a payment for access to a unique platform. This is the export of knowledge and solutions.
The third stage is the formation of a self-sufficient ecosystem in which innovations generate new innovations, and the city becomes an exporter of solutions, not just a consumer of them. Argentine technologies developed for Patagonia are sold to countries with similar climatic conditions — Canada, Scandinavia, Chile, and Russia. Argentine architectural solutions are used in other regions. Argentine digital platforms are licensed to cities around the world. We stop being a country that sells raw materials and become a country that sells ideas.
But the economy is not just about money. These are people. These are families who get decent jobs. These are young people who see the future in their own country, and not on a plane abroad. These are pensioners who see that their grandchildren have room to grow. "Patagonia Plus" is not an abstract project. These are concrete jobs, concrete opportunities, concrete hope.
Ecology: nature as a partner, not a resource
Unlike many projects that see ecology as a constraint or a PR wrapper, "Patagonia Plus" puts nature at the center of design. The city is planned in such a way as to minimally interfere with existing ecosystems. Construction is carried out taking into account the migration routes of animals, nesting areas and water protection areas. Architecture is integrated into the landscape, rather than dominating it.
Renewable energy is not a supplement, but a foundation. The combination of wind, solar and geothermal sources provides a sustainable energy supply without CO; emissions. A city that does not add carbon to the atmosphere is not a fantasy, it is a technical reality that has already been proven in projects around the world. We are simply taking the next step: not a zero-emission city, but a city that produces more clean energy than it consumes and shares the excess with neighboring regions.
Closed water use cycles are critical in a region where water is a limited resource. But this is not only a technical task. It's a philosophy: we don't take more from nature than we can give back. We don't pollute what doesn't belong to us. We live as if our children will drink this water and breathe this air — because they will.
Culture: the Argentine spirit in a technological shell
Technology is a means, not an end. The soul of the city is its people, their culture, and their values. "Patagonia Plus" should not become a sterile technology park devoid of character. On the contrary, it should be a deeply Argentine project that absorbs and reflects national identity.
This means: public spaces where people meet and communicate, not just consume services. Squares where children play, old people talk, and teenagers discover the world. Parks where you can have a picnic, read a book, or listen to a street musician. Squares where not only trees grow, but also conversations, ideas, and friendships.
This means: art integrated into the urban environment — from monumental murals to digital installations. A city where every facade can become a canvas, where every corner can become a stage. Argentina has always been a country of artists — from Quinquela to Benito Quinquela Mart;n, from Le;n Ferrari to Marta Minujica. "Patagonia Plus" should be a continuation of this tradition, but in a new material and on a new scale.
This means: respecting the culture of the indigenous peoples of Patagonia — Mapuche, Tehuelche, Selknam — and integrating their knowledge of the land into the design philosophy. Indigenous peoples have lived in Patagonia for thousands of years without destroying it. They knew how to build shelters that protected from the wind, but did not resist it. They knew which plants were being treated, which were being fed, and which were being warned about changing weather. This knowledge is not a relic of the past, but a resource of the future. We don't just respect it — we learn from it.
This means: tango under the southern sky, literary cafes, football fields and asado in the fresh air — because the city of the future, which is devoid of these simple human joys, is not worth building. Technology should serve life, not replace it. And if "Patagonia Plus" becomes a city where people are happier, and not just more productive — this will be the main criterion for success.
What will the skeptics say?
We know there will be skeptics. They will say: it's impossible. It's too expensive. This is utopia. This is a project for the rich. This is PR. This will never be built.
We can hear you. And we answer: every great project in the history of mankind began with accusations of utopianism. When President Kennedy announced that the United States would send a man to the moon, he was told: impossible, too expensive, pointless. When Dubai started building the Burj Khalifa, it was told that it was a waste of money, no one needed it. When China started Tianjin Eco-City, it was told: communist propaganda, nothing will work.
All of them were built. They all changed the world. And they all started with a dream that someone called impossible.
Yes, the project is ambitious. Yes, it will require investment. Yes, it will take time. But let's calculate: how much does inactivity cost? How much does it cost every year when our young scientists go abroad? How much does it cost each year when we import technologies that we could create ourselves? How much does it cost each year when the world does not know the Argentine innovation, but only knows the Argentine raw materials? Inactivity is more expensive. Much more expensive.
Argentina on the world stage
If the project goes ahead, it will change more than just Patagonia. It will change the way the world sees Argentina. Today, our country is associated with football, beef, wine and tango. This is a great legacy, and we are proud of it. But it defines us through the past. "Patagonia Plus" is a chance to define yourself through the future.
Argentina can become a country that has shown the world an alternative path of technological development: not through gigantomania and ostentatious luxury, but through harmony, sustainability and respect for nature. Not by copying models created in other cultures and other climates, but by developing our own solutions rooted in our land and our spirit.
Imagine the moment when international magazines write not about the oil towers of the Middle East, but about the wind turbines of Patagonia. When BBC documentaries talk not about the neon skyscrapers of Asia, but about a city on the edge of the world, where man and nature have found a way to coexist. When tourists come to Argentina not only for the Iguazu Falls, but also to see the future — with their own eyes, touch with their hands, breathe with their lungs.
This is not a fantasy. This is the plan. This is "Patagonia Plus".
A call
This project cannot be imposed from above. It can take place only when the public believes in it. "Patagonia Plus" is not a private initiative or a government program. This is a national idea that requires the participation of everyone: scientists and engineers, architects and environmentalists, entrepreneurs and politicians, residents of Patagonia and Argentines from every corner of the country — from Jujuy to Tierra del Fuego, from Mendoza to Buenos Aires.
We invite everyone who feels that Argentina is capable of more to join this conversation. Ask questions. Criticize. Suggest. Argue. Prove us wrong — and thereby help us become more accurate. To prove that we are right — and thus help us to become stronger. Because the future is not created in silence — it is born in dialogue. In a noisy, passionate, Argentine dialogue where every voice counts.
We don't ask you to take our word for it. We ask you to believe in yourself. To your own country. To your future. Because if not us, then who? If not now, when? If not here, on our land, under our sky, in our wind, then where?
Argentina has always been a country of passion. A country that feels deeply, loves deeply, argues passionately, and dreams big. Let's turn this passion to creativity. Let's build more than just a city — let's build proof that Argentina is capable of creating the future.
And if we can agree on what our city of dawn should be, we will do more than build a new city. We will show the world and ourselves that Argentina is not only the past that we are proud of, but also the future that we are creating.
PatagoFuturo Digital — Ciudad del Amanecer — Civilizaci;n del Amanecer. Patagonia Plus. Argentina creates the future.
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VIRTUAL CONFERENCE
Patagonia Plus: Argentina creates the future
CIVILIZATION OF THE DAWN: A MARTIAN CITY AT THE END OF THE EARTH
Civilizaci;n del Amanecer — Ciudad Marciana en la Patagonia
Participants of our time: Javier Miley, Lula da Silva, Xi Jinping, Narendra Modi, Antonio Guterres, Elon Musk, Sam Altman, leading Argentine and Latin American intellectuals, representatives of the Argentine technology community.
Participants in the spiritual dimension: Jos; Hern;ndez (author of "Mart;n Fierro"), Jorge Luis Borges, Ernesto Sabato, Domingo Sarmiento, Jos; Carlos Mari;tegui, Enrique Dussel, Leopoldo Cea, Sri Aurobindo, Mother (Mirra Alfassa), Buddha, Confucius, Lao Tzu, Mahatma Gandhi, Evita Peron (as a symbol of service), Pope Francis (an Argentine — a symbol of the bridge between spirituality and social justice), K. E. Tsiolkovsky, Vernadsky.
Broadcast from the PatagoFuturo Digital platform on September 15, 2026
Opening
Platform Voice (PatagoFuturo Digital):
Welcome to the "Civilization of Dawn" Summit. You have joined a virtual conference that brings together the voices of our time and the voices of eternity. Today we are discussing a project that its authors — Luis Ragno and Vladimir Lermontov — call "Patagonia Plus": a Martian city at the end of the earth, Ciudad del Amanecer, City of Dawn. The platform is open. Word to the moderator.
Moderator (Argentine journalist Belen Kokoyoff):
Hello, everyone who listens to us today — from Buenos Aires to Delhi, from Beijing to San Francisco, from Brasilia to Rome. We have gathered here, in a virtual space, to discuss not just another urban development project. We are discussing an idea that, according to its creators, should be a turning point for Argentina and, possibly, for all of humanity.
The "Patagonia Plus" project — or, in its full name, Civilizaci;n del Amanecer — proposes to build in the south of Argentina, in Patagonia, the city of the future: completely on renewable energy, with closed water and waste cycles, with autonomous transport, with a digital platform that controls all systems. But it's not just a "smart city". This is a declaration: Argentina is ready to create the future, not consume someone else's.
Today, our conference brings together leaders of States, technological visionaries, Latin American intellectuals and — in a special, spiritual dimension — the voices of those who have shaped the thought of humanity over the centuries. We asked them all to respond to this project. And they responded.
Let's get started.
PART ONE: VOICES OF POWER
Javier Miley, President of Argentina:
When this document was brought to me, I read it twice. And you know what I thought? I thought: finally. Finally, someone in this country stopped writing complaints and wrote a plan.
Listen to me. I'm a libertarian. I believe in freedom. I believe that the state is a problem, not a solution. But I also believe that freedom without ambition is just talk. Argentina has been talking about freedom for decades — and yet it has been choking on regulations, inflation, and taxes. We were a country that forbade people to dream. And then two people come in — an Argentine and a Russian — and say: let's build a city that will prove that an Argentine can do anything.
I do not agree with everything that is written in this report. I don't believe that the state should build cities. I believe that the private sector should do this. But I believe that the government can remove obstacles. It can remove taxes, remove regulations, and open doors. And if "Patagonia Plus" is built — not with public money, but with the money of those who believe in the idea — I will be the first to come to the opening.
I will say something that many people don't expect me to say. The report includes the phrase: "Argentina is not only the past that we are proud of, but also the future that we are creating." I subscribe to every word. Argentina must stop being a country that looks back. We must look forward. Patagonia is our facade. Let's make it so that the world gasps.
Lula da Silva, President of Brazil:
Javier, I'm glad you're talking about the future. We don't always agree — you know that, and I know that. But I'm not here today to argue about taxes or the role of the state. I am here because the idea that is being discussed today concerns the whole of Latin America.
Patagonia is not just about Argentina. Patagonia is the edge of South America, the edge of our continent. What happens there resonates here in Brazil. When Argentina is strong, all of South America is strong. And vice versa.
I read the report and thought about our experience. Brazil has built Brasilia — a city out of nothing, in the middle of a desert plateau, which has become a symbol of a new era for our country. This was in the 1960s. We believed then that we could do anything. And you know what? We could. Brasilia became the capital. It has become a dream come true in concrete and glass.
"Patagonia Plus" is the 21st century Brasilia. But with one difference: it is not built by the state, but — as Javier says — by the power of an idea. And I think the truth is somewhere in the middle. The state can be a partner. Not a master, but a partner. It can provide infrastructure, legislation, and guarantees. And the private sector, scientists, engineers — they can fill it with content.
I'm particularly concerned about one thing: the environmental component. Amazonia and Patagonia are the two lungs of our planet. If Argentina shows that it is possible to build a city that does not destroy nature, but lives in symbiosis with it, it will be a lesson for the whole world. And Brazil is ready to learn. And ready to share.
Xi Jinping, President of the People's Republic of China:
China is following the "Patagonia Plus" initiative with interest. We know what large-scale projects are. We built Tianjin Eco-City — and it was not just a construction site, but a testing ground where we tested ideas that are now being applied in dozens of cities across China. We know what it means to build the future with our own hands.
The report mentions our experience — and we appreciate it. But I don't want to talk about the past, I want to talk about the future. China is ready to cooperate with Argentina in the field of green technologies, infrastructure and digital urban management. We have experience, you have a platform. We have technology, you have wind, sun and space. This is a natural addition.
However, I want to draw your attention to one fundamental point. The report speaks of "decentralized smart systems". We in China believe that smart systems should serve people, but their effectiveness depends on coordination. A city is an organism. Organs can't function autonomously — they need a central nervous system. I don't dispute the project's philosophy, but I suggest that you think about the balance between decentralization and coordination. Freedom without order is chaos. Order without freedom is a prison. Truth is in harmony.
We also see the "Civilization of Dawn" project as a spiritual dimension that resonates with our traditions. Confucius spoke of harmony between heaven and man. Lao Tzu taught that the wise man does not fight the river — he guides it. These ideas are still alive today. Maybe they are what the city of the future needs.
Narendra Modi, Prime Minister of India:
Brothers and sisters, I welcome you from Delhi. India and Argentina may seem far away from each other — geographically, culturally, historically. But we have something deeper in common: we are both ancient civilizations that have experienced ups and downs, and today we face the challenge of how to enter the future without losing ourselves.
I read this report with great interest. And I was particularly moved by one place — where the authors write about the indigenous peoples of Patagonia, about their knowledge of the land. India knows the value of this. We are a country where rural knowledge and modern technology coexist. Where an astrophysicist can pray to Ganesha before launching a satellite. And we do not consider this a contradiction. We consider this integrity.
The "Patagonia Plus" project is about a city that lives in harmony with nature. India supports this idea. We are developing "smart cities" ourselves — more than a hundred projects across the country. But we are faced with a problem that the report does not address: technology without a soul is a void. A city may be smart, but if it has no memory, no traditions, and no connection to the land — it becomes a machine for housing, not a home for living.
I would like to offer Argentina cooperation in two areas. The first is a digital urban governance platform. India has vast experience: our Aadhaar system, Unified Payments Interface, digital IDs for billions of people. We are ready to share. The second is agricultural technologies. Vertical farms and hydroponics are not just for rich countries. This is for those who want to feed themselves. India knows how to do this cheaply and efficiently.
And one last thing. The report ends with the words: "If not us, then who? If not now, then when?" — are words that Gandhi might have uttered. And I am glad that Argentina is saying them today.
Antonio Guterres, UN Secretary-General:
I am speaking here not as a representative of one State, but as the voice of an organization that unites all States. And I'll say it bluntly: the world needs projects like "Patagonia Plus" not as curiosities, but as necessities.
The numbers I see every day at the UN are relentless. By 2050, 68% of the world's population will live in cities. Today, cities consume 78% of the world's energy and generate more than 60% of CO; emissions. If we continue to build cities as we did in the 20th century, we will not be able to cope with the climate, migration, or inequality.
The "Patagonia Plus" project is interesting to me for three reasons.
First — it offers closed loops. Water, waste, energy, food — all inside the city. This is not a fantasy, this is an engineering challenge. But it requires political will. The UN is ready to support such initiatives through our sustainable development programs — Sustainable Development Goals 11, 7, 9, 13. A city that produces more clean energy than it consumes is not a project. This is the standard.
Second — it starts from the periphery. Not from New York, not from London, not from Tokyo. From Patagonia. From the edge. This is politically and symbolically important. The future should not be monopolized by the centers. If the world develops only through hubs, the periphery will remain backward. And backwardness breeds despair, despair breeds migration, migration breeds conflict. The Patagonia project is an investment in the stability of the entire planet.
Third — it unites. I see leaders here who don't always agree with each other. And that's a good thing. Because climate, technology, and the future of cities are not left- or right-wing issues. These are questions of survival.
I call on all the States represented here to support this initiative — not necessarily with money, but with knowledge, technology, and diplomatic weight. And I call on Argentina to open this project to the world. Let it be Argentine in spirit, but universal in meaning.
PART TWO: VOICES OF TECHNOLOGY
Elon Musk:
Okay. I read it. And I have three reactions.
First. Patagonia is an ideal place to test technologies that we will then take to Mars. I mean it seriously. The Martian colony will be built in extreme conditions: cold, wind, limited resources, closed cycles. Patagonia isn't Mars, but it's closer than most places on Earth. If you can build a self-sufficient city there — you are one step closer to building it on another planet. So the name "Martian City at the end of the Earth" is not a metaphor. This is a literal description of an engineering problem.
I would say this: what you describe — a closed water cycle, local food production, renewable energy, autonomous transport — is exactly what we are developing for Mars Colony One. The difference is that Mars has no atmosphere, no wind, and no water. Patagonia has it all. So Patagonia is a testing ground. And this makes the project not just interesting, but strategically important for all of humanity.
Second reaction. Decentralized energy. The report covers wind, solar, and geothermal energy. That's right. But I would add batteries. The problem of renewable energy is not in production, but in storage. The wind doesn't always blow, the sun doesn't always shine. We need storage systems — and not for hours, but for days. We at Tesla are building Megapack for this very purpose. Patagonia, with its wind potential and storage needs, is an ideal market for large battery systems. I am ready to discuss participation.
The third reaction. The human factor. I'm an engineer, I believe in technology. But I also know that cities are built not by machines, but by people. And if the people who will live in Ciudad del Amanecer do not believe in the project — it will die. I saw this in California: you can build the best factory in the world, but if there isn't a community around that lives up to the idea, it's just a building. Therefore, I support the cultural part of the report. Tango under the southern sky? This may sound strange to an engineer. But this is exactly what distinguishes the city from the factory.
And one last thing. The report says: "A city where data is not a corporate commodity, but a public good." I respect that. The data must belong to people. This is a principled position. I am ready to support the project, provided that the residents' data will not be sold or monetized without their consent. It's not a whim. This is the foundation.
Sam Altman:
I want to talk about a digital platform. PatagoFuturo Digital is essentially the city's operating system. And this is closer to what we are doing than it may seem at first glance.
Artificial intelligence, which is described in the report — a system that analyzes energy consumption, traffic flows, air quality, and the condition of buildings in real time — is not fiction. This is a reality that already exists in fragments. The problem is that these fragments were never combined into a single system. No one has ever built a city from scratch, where AI is built not as a superstructure, but as a foundation.
I see three challenges in this.
The first is data architecture. If the data belongs to a corporation, the city becomes a hostage. If the data belongs to the state, the city becomes a control tool. The report suggests a third way: data as a public good. This is beautiful, but how to implement it technically? I think the answer is in decentralized systems. Blockchain, federated learning, and local computing. Each resident has their own data. The city receives aggregated, depersonalized traffic flows. It's possible. But this requires a fundamentally different architecture than that used by existing "smart cities".
The second is AI management. Who decides how the algorithm distributes energy? If the AI decides that the heating system in your area is turned off for two hours in order to save money, who approved it? Residents? The algorithm? A council? This is not a technical question. This is a political issue. And it needs to be solved before the city is built, not after.
The third is openness. I believe that the city platform code should be open source. If PatagoFuturo Digital is a proprietary system controlled by a single company, it's just a new form of monopoly. If it is open source, any city in the world can adapt it. And it changes the rules of the game. It's not Argentina that is building a "smart city". It also gives the world a tool for building "smart cities".
I am ready to allocate OpenAI resources for consulting on the architecture of the AI platform. Not for control — but for expertise. This is too important to give away to one company. And it's too important to do it alone.
Ricardo Josea, Rector of the National University of Patagonia (Austral):
I'm speaking from Comodoro Rivadavia. From Patagonia. Not from Buenos Aires, but from Patagonia. And I want to be heard.
The report is beautiful. It's written passionately, it's inspiring. But I live here. And I know that Patagonia is not a symbol. This is not a metaphor. It's a place where people wake up every morning to a wind that doesn't stop. Where the temperature drops to minus twenty in winter, and in summer it can jump to thirty-five. Where the distance between cities is hundreds of kilometers, and roads often drift. Where young people leave not because they don't like this land, but because they don't see the future.
The "Patagonia Plus" project can change this. But only if it is built not for Patagonia, but with Patagonia. Not as a decoration, not as a background for beautiful presentations, but as a partner. We have universities. We have engineers. We have people who know this land better than anyone else. We don't need "saviors" — we need allies.
I welcome the initiative. And I am ready to provide the scientific base of our university for research clusters. But I have one condition: at least 50% of the jobs during the construction and operation phase must be occupied by residents of Patagonia. Not by visiting consultants, but by our people. Otherwise, it won't be our city. It will be a city built on our land, but not for us.
Beatriz Sarlo, cultural critic (recorded shortly before her death):
I won't live to see the day when the Ciudad del Amanecer is built. But I want to leave my vote — because this project asks a question that has been worrying me all my life: can Argentina think about the future without being lost in other people's models?
Modernization in Latin America has always had a double face. On the one hand, there is progress, technology, and education. On the other — loss of identity, blind copying, the feeling that all the good things come from outside. The "Patagonia Plus" report avoids this trap. It says: the Argentine way. Not "like Dubai", not "like Silicon Valley", but like Argentina.
But I want to warn you. The city of the future, which is devoid of memory, is not the future. This is a lack of culture with the Internet. Patagonia has a memory. Mapuche, Tehuelche, Selknam — these are not exhibits for the museum. These are living cultures. And if the project doesn't fit them into its fabric, doesn't give them a voice, doesn't allow them to be co-authors, it will repeat the mistake that Argentina has made too many times: it builds the future on the wreckage of a forgotten past.
PART THREE: VOICES OF THE SPIRITUAL DIMENSION
The PatagoFuturo Digital platform opens up the third dimension of the conference — a space where the voices of the past and the eternal address the present. This is not a reconstruction or imitation. This is a dialog of meanings that don't have an expiration date.
Jos; Hern;ndez (author of "Mart;n Fierro"):
I wrote about the Gaucho. About a man who lived on earth, who knew every stone, every blade of grass, every wind. About a man whom the state did not understand and persecuted. So today they say to me: let's build a city on the land where the Gaucho drove cattle, where the wind was an enemy and a friend, where the lone horseman was the only witness to the sky. And you don't want me to respond?
I'll tell you what. A city is not a wall. The city is about people. Mart;n Fierro did not become Mart;n Fierro because of where he lived. He became one because of the way he lived. With honor. With dignity. With love for the land that can't be sold, because it's not yours — you're hers.
If Ciudad del Amanecer is built with the same spirit — the spirit of a man who does not give up, who stands against the wind and does not turn away — it will be an Argentine city. If it is built as a showcase, as a decoration for tourists and investors, it will be the Burj Khalifa in the south. Beautiful, high, empty.
I'm not against the future. I am for a future that remembers where it came from. Gauchos are not the past. Gaucho is the Argentine way of being human. Save it and the city will be alive. Forget it — and it will become an open-air museum.
Jorge Luis Borges:
I am told that the city will be built at the end of the earth. But I always knew that the end of the earth is not a place, but a state of mind. Patagonia is a maze. Steppe — a maze without walls. You go and don't see the boundaries, but you get lost. And in this lost state, something is born that is not found in a city with straight streets.
I think of Ciudad del Amanecer and see not the city, but the book. A book that hasn't been written yet. Every inhabitant is a word. Each building is an offer. Each street is a paragraph. And the whole book is about whether a person can live in harmony with the infinity that surrounds him.
The report has the word "dawn" in it. Dawn is the moment when darkness and light change places. This is a moment of uncertainty, when it is not yet clear what will come. I think Argentina has always lived in this moment. We are always at dawn. We're always almost ready. We're always just about to start. Maybe Ciudad del Amanecer is finally not "almost", but "yes"?
I would like to have a library in this city. Not virtual — but real. With paper books, with the smell of old pages, with the silence in which you can hear the voices of those who have left. Technology is great. But without a library, the city is a mechanism, not a culture.
And more. I would like this city to have a mirror maze. Not for fun — but as a reminder. That a person is a creature that reflects itself. That we always see ourselves in others. That identity is not a wall, but a mirror.
Ernesto Sabato:
I have lived a life between science and art. I was a physicist before I became a writer. And I know that science without ethics is not progress, but madness.
The "Patagonia Plus" project is about technology. It's good. But I want to ask: what kind of people are we talking about? About the people who will live in the city? Or about the people who will build it? Because they are different people. And often builders don't become residents. They come, they build, they leave. And then others come — those who can afford to live in the "city of the future". And the city becomes an elite enclave, beautiful, but alien.
I wrote about "tunnels" — about the darkness that surrounds a person in the modern world. Technology can be light, but it can also be a new tunnel. An algorithm-driven city is a city where a person follows the logic of a machine. Who decides what is "effective" and what is not? The algorithm? Who wrote the algorithm? Human. And whose is this man? Who does he serve?
I'm not against the project. I am all for it — if it is built with an open heart. If every Argentine, from Rio Gallegos to Salta, feels that this is their city. Not elitist, not technological — his. People's. Like the tango, which was born in brothels and became world poetry. Ciudad del Amanecer should be born out of the earth and become poetry. Otherwise, it's just concrete.
Domingo Sarmiento:
I have spent my entire life fighting "barbarism" for the sake of "civilization." I believed that education and progress were the only way. And today, seeing the "Patagonia Plus" project, I have a difficult feeling.
On the one hand, this is what I dreamed of. A city built on knowledge, science, and education. A city where technology serves man, not man — technology. This is "civilization" in my understanding.
On the other hand, I have to admit my mistake. I thought that "barbarism" was something that stands in opposition to civilization. That the Gaucho, the Indian, and the nomad are enemies of progress. I was wrong. "Barbarism" is not what it was before civilization. "Barbarism" is something without a soul. A city without memory is barbaric. Technology without ethics is barbaric. Progress without love is barbaric.
The report refers to the indigenous peoples of Patagonia as carriers of knowledge. I would never write that in "Facundo". But today I say: they are right. Knowing the land is not barbaric. This is the foundation. I was too hasty in my judgments. Forgive me.
If Ciudad del Amanecer is built, let it be not "a civilization against barbarism", but "a civilization that has absorbed barbarism and become richer". Let the school and lab stand next to the place where the legends of the Mapuche are told. Let the scholar and the shaman talk to each other. Not to make one convert the other, but to make both wiser.
Jos; Carlos Mari;tegui:
I wrote that Latin America cannot simply copy Europe. That we have our own way. That our problem is not lagging behind the West, but that we have not found our own voice.
"Patagonia Plus" is the first project in decades to offer this voice. Not the "Latin American version of Silicon Valley." Not "our Dubai". And Ciudad del Amanecer is an Argentine city with an Argentine philosophy. This is politically radical. Because the world is designed so that the periphery produces raw materials, and the center — ideas. "Patagonia Plus" offers the periphery to produce ideas. This is a revolution. Not armed — a concept. But this makes it no less radical.
However, I want to ask: who will own the technology? If PatagoFuturo Digital is owned by a multinational corporation — this is not a revolution, it is neocolonialism in a new package. If the platform is owned by the Argentine public — this is really a new model. The report says: "data is in the public good." Good. But who controls the infrastructure that runs the data? Who owns the servers? Who writes the code? These are issues of ownership, not technology. And they must be solved before the first cubic meter of concrete is filled in.
Enrique Dussel (philosopher of liberation):
I have long thought about how Latin America can offer the world something that is not just a reflection of European modernity. And here is a project that says exactly this: "do not borrow other people's models, do not copy what others have done, but offer the world your own way."
This is the ethics of liberation in action. Not liberation from colonialism — that was already the case. Liberation from monopoly for the future. Until now, "future" has been produced in several locations around the world — and exported to everyone else. "Patagonia Plus" offers: we can also produce the future. This is not a technological challenge. This is ethical.
I want to emphasize one point. The report speaks about "harmony with nature". In the European tradition, nature is an object. Resource. In the indigenous tradition of America, nature is the subject. A living thing. Pachamama is not a metaphor, but an ontology. If Ciudad del Amanecer is built on the Pachamama ontology — it will not just be an eco-friendly city, it will be a philosophical revolution. A city where nature has rights. Where the river has the right to flow. Where the wind has the right to blow. Where the land has a right to be.
This may seem radical. But remember: a hundred years ago, women's right to vote seemed radical. Today, it's obvious. Perhaps the rights of nature are the next obvious thing that seems radical today.
Leopoldo Cea (Mexican philosopher):
I have always said that Latin America is not a periphery, but a part of humanity that has a special vision. We see what the center doesn't see. We see the wrong side of modernization. We can see its price. And that is why we can offer an alternative.
"Patagonia Plus" is a project that is born out of this vision. It doesn't deny the technology — it guides it. It doesn't reject progress — it redefines it. Progress is not more technology. Progress means more humanity. And if the city of the future is measured not by the number of robots, but by the quality of human life — then Ciudad del Amanecer can become a benchmark.
But I want to warn you. Latin America has a history of great projects that started as dreams and ended as nightmares. Brasilia is a great city, but favelas have grown up around it. Collaboration is a great idea, but it requires honesty. The "Patagonia Plus" project should be transparent at every stage. Not only in technology, but also in finance, in decisions, in choice. Otherwise, the dream will become a facade.
Sri Aurobindo:
Humanity is moving towards an evolutionary leap. Not a gradual improvement, but a high-quality transition. To the emergence of a new type of consciousness — what I call supramental consciousness. A consciousness that does not divide reality into parts, but sees the whole. It does not oppose man to nature, but is aware of their unity.
The city described in the report is an opportunity to create a space for this evolution. Not a guarantee, but an opportunity. Because form affects consciousness. A city built on division, competition, and consumption forms a person who lives in division, competition, and consumption. A city built on unity, harmony, and the closure of cycles can form a person who feels oneness with the world.
I'm not saying that Ciudad del Amanecer will automatically create a new person. But I say that it will create conditions. And the conditions are already half the way there.
Dawn is not just a time of day. Dawn is a state of consciousness. The moment when a person passes from the darkness of ignorance to the light of understanding. Argentina is in this moment today. The question is whether she is ready to make a move.
Mother (Mirra Alfassa):
I would like to say something simple. About beauty.
The report talks about technology, the economy, and the environment. All this is important. But when I read lines about tango under the southern sky, about literary cafes, about squares where children play — I feel that the authors understand what the builders of the future often forget: the city must be beautiful. Not efficient — but beautiful.
Beauty is not an ornament. Beauty is the power that transforms matter. When you enter a space that is beautiful — you become different. You breathe differently. You think otherwise. You feel different.
Patagonia is already beautiful. The task is not to add beauty, but not to destroy it. Build a city that does not argue with the landscape, but completes it. A city where the architect subordinates the form to the earth, and not the earth to the form.
And more. I want to talk about service. The project speaks of a "national idea". But the national idea lives only when it serves people. Not to abstract "Argentines", but to a specific child who will be born in this city. A specific family that will come to live there. A specific old man who will sit in the square and look at the mountains. Serve them and the idea will live on. Serve the idea and people will become the means. And people should never be the means.
Buddha (voice of silence):
A city that doesn't produce suffering — is that possible?
Not a city that produces things, money, or technology. A city that doesn't produce suffering. Where a person is not alienated from his work. Where man is not alienated from his land. Where a person is not alienated from his neighbors. Where a person is not alienated from himself.
The report speaks about closed cycles — water, energy, waste. But there is another cycle that is not mentioned: the cycle of suffering. Old suffering begets new suffering. Injustice breeds anger. Anger breeds violence. Violence breeds fear. Fear creates new suffering. Is it possible to break this cycle?
I'll say: you can. But not by technology. Technology can ease conditions, but it can't change the mind. Consciousness changes through understanding. Through the realization that everyone is connected. That the wind that blows in Patagonia is the same wind that blows over the Ganges. That the water that flows in the Patagonian rivers is the same water that was in the clouds over Tibet. That a man who builds a city is a man who builds himself.
Build a city if you want. But remember: no wall can protect you from greed. No technology can replace compassion. No algorithm can calculate goodness. A city is not a building. The city is a state of mind. And if the minds that build this city are clean — the city will be clean. If not, there won't be enough renewable energy.
Confucius:
I listen to this conversation and think about the ritual. Not about the ceremony — about the ritual as a form that contains meaning. The city is a ritual. Waking up in the morning, going to work, meeting your neighbor, and having dinner with your family are all rituals that determine your quality of life.
The report says that the city should be "deeply Argentine". That's right. But what does this mean? This means that the rituals of this city should express the Argentine character. Asado in the fresh air — a ritual. Tango is a ritual. Talking over coffee is a ritual. Football is a ritual. These rituals do not contradict technology. They complement them. A person who eats asado with his family and then goes to the lab is not a contradiction. This is integrity.
I'll tell you about the ruler. Javier Miley talks about freedom. Xi Jinping talks about coordination. Both are right. But a noble husband is not one who chooses freedom or order. A noble husband is one who creates an order in which freedom is possible. The city is an order that gives freedom. Not chaos, not prison — order that breathes.
And one last thing. The report ends with an appeal. I appreciate it. An appeal is the act of a noble husband: he does not order, he calls. It doesn't force, it inspires. If the authors of this report continue in the same spirit — not by ordering, but by inspiring — the project can take place. But if they turn into officials who demand, the project will die. A noble husband leads by example, not by command.
Lao Tzu:
The wind is blowing in Patagonia. It doesn't ask for permission. It doesn't explain why. It just blows.
You want to build a city that "lives in symbiosis with nature". But what does it mean to live in symbiosis? It means not to resist. Water does not resist stone. It flows around it. It uses its form. It's moving.
The architecture of Ciudad del Amanecer should be like water. Don't fight the wind — use it. Don't hide from the cold — soak it up. Don't block out the sun — let it pass. A building that resists nature is a fortress. A building that follows nature is alive.
You're talking about "dawn". Dawn comes effortlessly. The night doesn't fight the morning. It retreats. So it is: no need to fight the past. It will recede by itself when the light appears.
I want to say to Elon Musk, who talks about Mars: before you go to Mars, learn to live on Earth. Patagonia is the final lesson. If you pass it, Mars will be possible. If not, Mars will become another desert that man could not spiritualize.
And I want to tell everyone: do less. The more you plan, the less you live. The city is not a plan. The city is a stream. Let it flow.
Mahatma Gandhi:
I read this report and thought: who will build this city? Workers. Engineers. Bricklayers. Electricians. Their hands will lay bricks, pull wires, mount turbines. Their sweat will be in the foundation. Their dreams will be in the walls.
The question is, will they live in the city they built? Or will they build it for others and leave?
I'm talking about swadeshi — self-sufficiency. A city that feeds itself, that provides itself with energy, that recycles its waste, is the city of swadeshi. This is close to my heart. But swadeshi is not only material self-sufficiency. This is spiritual. A city that depends on foreign technologies, foreign codes, and foreign standards is not free, even if it is "smart".
I urge: let every technology that is included in the Ciudad del Amanecer be mastered by Argentines. Not purchased — mastered. Not imported — understood. If a Chinese wind turbine is installed in Patagonia, let an Argentine learn how to build it. If an American AI manages traffic flows, let an Argentine programmer learn how to write such AI. Only then will the city be truly Argentine.
And more. Violence is not just physical. There is economic violence, where the poor pay for what the rich get for free. There is ecological violence, when nature is silent because there is no one to speak to. There is cultural violence, when language and traditions die because they have no place in the "city of the future". Ciudad del Amanecer must be free of all this violence. Otherwise, it will be a beautiful cage.
Evita Peron:
I don't speak like a politician. I speak as a woman who knew what it meant to have nothing. Who saw women working for sixteen hours and not being able to feed their children. Who has heard governments promise and fail to deliver.
The report speaks of a "new identity for Argentina". Good. But identity is not for the rich. Identity is for everyone. If Ciudad del Amanecer becomes a city where only engineers can live with a salary in dollars, this is not an identity. This is an elite neighborhood.
I want to ask: will there be a place in this city for a worker who cleans the streets? For the nurse who is on duty at night? For a teacher who teaches children to read? Will they have a place to live? Will they have dignity? Or will they come from far away, serve the city, and return to their poorer neighborhoods?
I know that I will be accused of populism. That I don't understand economics. That one cannot give to everyone. But I will answer: you can. If there is a will. If the project starts not with the question "how much does it cost", but with the question "who are we building it for".
The city of the future is a city where the employee lives next to the engineer. Where the teacher lives next to the architect. Where no one feels like a guest in their own home. If "Patagonia Plus" will be like this — I bless it. If not — this is another project for the few, packed with beautiful words about the future.
Pope Francis:
I'm speaking from the Vatican. But my heart is in Buenos Aires. My heart is in Argentina.
I read the report and was moved by the way the authors talk about indigenous peoples. About Mapuche, Tehuelche, Selknam. About people who knew the earth long before we came with our models and our plans. I think of the encyclical Laudato si' — that we are not the masters of the earth, but its guardians. That the earth is our common home. And that a common house should be built together.
The "Patagonia Plus" project is about a city that lives in harmony with nature. I support that. But I want to add: harmony with nature is impossible without harmony between people. A city where some are rich and others are poor is not a harmonious city, even if it runs on renewable energy. Ecology without justice is green capitalism. And green capitalism is capitalism.
I think of Patagonia's unemployed. About the fishermen of Ushuaia. About the farmers of Chubut. About women who keep families together while men go to work. They need the word. They need a voice. They have a place at the table where the future of their land is decided.
And I think about young people. Argentine youth is not a "human resource". This is the heart of the nation. If Ciudad del Amanecer gives them a reason to stay — it will be a miracle. Not technological — but human. The miracle of believing in what is possible.
I bless this project — not as a construction project, but as a conversation. As the beginning of a dialogue where every voice counts. Like the dawn that comes not by command, but by grace. And I pray that this dawn will be for everyone, not just a few.
CONFERENCE SUPPLEMENT
VOICES OF COSMIC THOUGHT
The PatagoFuturo Digital platform opens up the fourth dimension of the conference — a space where voices of Russian space thought address a project that, without knowing it, grew out of their seeds.
Konstantin Eduardovich Tsiolkovsky:
I lived my life in Kaluga, in a small house, and the whole world was in my head. I counted formulas, drew rockets, dreamed of other planets — and the neighbors thought I was crazy. Maybe they weren't so wrong. Madness is when you see things that others don't. But I always answered: if I see it, then it exists. You just have to wait for the others to see it too.
I said, "The Earth is the cradle of humanity, but you can't live in the cradle forever." I meant to go into space. But today I will add: you can start preparing for space without leaving Earth. You can build a city that works according to the laws of space ecology — isolation, self-sufficiency, efficiency — and thereby prove that a person is ready. Ready for Mars. Ready for the stars. I am ready to be not only an Earthman, but also a creature that knows how to live everywhere.
Every rocket starts with a formula. But the formula is not the beginning. The beginning is a decision: a person decides that he will not stay where he was born. That it will go out of bounds. This is not an engineering decision. It's spiritual. Philosophical. And this is the decision behind your project. Argentina decides to go beyond. Not out of the atmosphere — but out of habit. Beyond expectations. Beyond what people think of her.
Now — technical. I derived a formula that describes the rocket's motion: (\Delta v = v_e \ln\left(\frac{m_0}{m_1}\right)). This formula says that to fly into space, you need a huge speed — and for this the rocket must discard almost all of its mass. It's not just physics. It's a metaphor. To achieve the future, society must discard almost everything that burdens it. Inertia. Fear. The habit of copying. The habit of waiting. Argentina, if it wants to build the Ciudad del Amanecer, must become light — like a rocket before launch. Discard the extra stuff. Leave only the essential stuff.
I'm thinking about the closed loops that the report describes. Water, waste, and energy are all inside the city. Do you know what it is? This is space ecology. There are no landfills in the rocket. There is no "garbage collection" in the spacecraft. Everything that a person releases must be recycled — because there is a vacuum overboard, and there is nothing to throw away. Patagonia is not a vacuum, but the idea is the same. A city that lives in a closed loop is a spaceship landed on earth. And that's why your authors are right to call it "Martian". This is not an exaggeration. This is an accurate description of the principle.
I'm thinking about renewable energy. There is no coal in space. There is no gas. There is only the sun — and the energy that can be extracted from matter. Patagonia, with its winds — is a natural powerhouse. But I want to say not about the wind, but about the principle: energy should be eternal. Not exhaustible. The sun will continue to shine for billions of years. The wind will blow as the Earth rotates. A city built on eternal energy is a city that will not die from resource depletion. This is a matter of principle. This is not a matter of economics, but of survival.
And one last thing. I believed that humanity would not remain on Earth. That it will spread out across the cosmos, that every star will become a home, that the atoms that make us up will visit millions of worlds. I believed in cosmic immortality — that matter does not disappear, but is redistributed, and every atom that was part of me will become part of someone else. And in this sense, Ciudad del Amanecer is also immortality. A city that is built with closed cycles does not throw out matter — it preserves it. Every atom that enters the city stays in the city. This is the cosmic principle. This is immortality at the level of matter.
Patagonia is not Mars. But Patagonia is the door to Mars. Build this city and you will take the first step that I have dreamed of seeing all my life. A step towards the stars, made with your feet on the ground.
Vladimir Ivanovich Vernadsky:
I listen to Konstantin Eduardovich and think: he is right about space. But I want to talk about something else — the Earth. About what happens on it. That man has become a geological force.
I formulated this a hundred years ago: the living substance of the planet transforms the inert. Plants, animals, micro-organisms — all of them do not just live on the Earth, they create the Earth. The atmosphere we breathe is a product of life. The soil on which we stand is a product of life. The entire biosphere is not the stage on which life plays out, but the result of life itself. Life does not adapt to the Earth. Life creates the Earth.
I foresaw a way out. I called it the noosphere. The noosphere is the realm of the mind. This is the state of the biosphere in which human thought becomes the guiding force of the planet's evolution. Not destructive, but guiding. Man does not cease to be a geological force, but begins to act intelligently. Not as a predator, but as a gardener. Not as an exploiter, but as an organizer.
So I'm reading "Patagonia Plus". And I see it — let the authors not use my terms — as a project of the noosphere. A city where human thought directs material processes. The closed cycle of water is noospheric thinking: we do not take water from nature irrevocably, we return it. Recycling is noospheric thinking: we don't accumulate dead matter, we introduce it to a new cycle. Renewable energy is a noospheric mindset: we use the flow, not the supply. Wind, solar, and geothermal energy are streams that are not depleted by use. Coal, oil, and gas are reserves that are being depleted. The biosphere lives on streams. The noosphere should live the same way.
I want to talk about the scale. The report speaks of "civilization", not of the city. That's right. But I want to clarify. The noosphere is not just one city. The noosphere is a planetary phenomenon. Ciudad del Amanecer will not become a noosphere if it is alone. But it can become a crystallization point. The center from which noospheric thinking spreads. Like a crystal in a supersaturated solution: one center and the whole solution crystallizes. The world today is an oversaturated solution. Everyone knows what needs to be changed. Everyone feels that the old model doesn't work. But there is no center around which new thinking crystallizes. Ciudad del Amanecer can become such a center.
Now let's talk about what's bothering me. The report speaks about a "digital platform", an artificial intelligence that manages the city. I don't mind. But I want to warn you. Intelligence is not intelligence. Intelligence is the ability to solve problems. Intelligence is the ability to set goals. The algorithm can optimize power consumption. But the algorithm can't decide what kind of life we want. This is not a matter of calculation, but of value. And values are not calculated — they are selected. If PatagoFuturo Digital manages the city without the participation of people in choosing goals, this is not the noosphere. This is a technocracy. And technocracy is a blind geological force in a new package. The noosphere is not the power of algorithms. This is the power of the mind, which is aware of its responsibility to the planet.
I'm thinking about the indigenous peoples that the report is talking about. Mapuche, Tehuelche, Selknam. They lived in Patagonia for thousands of years — and didn't destroy it. Why? Because their thinking was noospheric before I came up with the word. They did not oppose themselves to nature. They were part of the planet's living matter. They knew what science is just beginning to understand: that everything is connected. That you can't change one thing without changing everything. It's not a primitive. This is wisdom. And if Ciudad del Amanecer incorporates this wisdom into its digital platform — if the algorithm knows not only about energy flows, but also about animal migrations, the state of the soil, and the rhythm of the seasons — it will be a real step towards the noosphere. Not technocratic. Organic.
And one last thing. I have spent my entire life studying living matter — that invisible film of life that covers the Earth. And I know that life is not weak. Life is incredibly powerful. It can transform the atmosphere, change the composition of the oceans, and create a soil made of stone. A person is a part of life. And if he directs his geological power not to destroy, but to create, he can do what seems impossible. It can stop the degradation of the biosphere. It can create a new type of environment — not a biosphere or a technosphere, but a synthesis of both. The noosphere.
Ciudad del Amanecer — if it is built according to the principles of the report — can become the first fragment of the noosphere. Not because it is technologically advanced. But because it tries to connect the mind with nature. Technology with life. Calculating with wisdom.
Tsiolkovsky dreamed of space. I dreamed of the noosphere. It turns out that this is the same path — in different directions. It goes out to the stars. I go inwards, towards the Earth. But the beginning is one: man's decision to become a sentient force. Not blind. Reasonable.
Patagonia is a good place to start. The end of the earth is where the new begins.
Both presentations were delivered in the PatagoFuturo Digital virtual space as part of the "Civilization of Dawn" conference. The statements are an artistic reconstruction based on the philosophical and scientific works of K. E. Tsiolkovsky and V. I. Vernadsky, and do not represent real public positions.
CLOSING
Moderator (Belen Kokoyoff):
We heard voices today that rarely sound together. Presidents and philosophers. Engineers and poets. Technological visionaries and spiritual teachers. Voices from our time and voices from eternity. And you know what struck me? They don't agree with each other. Miley talks about the freedom of the market, Evita — about justice. Musk sees Patagonia as a testing ground for Mars, Buddha as a testing ground for consciousness. Borges wants a library, Altman wants open source.
But they all talk about one thing: a future that has not yet been written. About a city that hasn't been built yet. About the dawn that hasn't come yet.
This is the strength of the "Patagonia Plus" project. It doesn't give any answers. It asks questions. And these questions are real. They're burning. They require a response. They do not allow you to remain indifferent.
The report ends with the words: "If not us, then who? If not now, then when?"
I'll add: if not here, then where? Patagonia is waiting. The wind is blowing. Dawn is approaching.
Thank you to everyone who participated. Thank you to everyone who listened. The conference is closed. Conversation is open.
PatagoFuturo Digital — Ciudad del Amanecer — Civilizaci;n del Amanecer Patagonia Plus. Argentina creates the future.
The conference is modeled on the report "Patagonia Plus: Argentina creates the Future" (authors: Luis Ragno and Vladimir Lermontov, September 2026). The statements of the participants are an artistic reconstruction and do not represent the real public positions of the listed persons.
Future Management 5.0 in the "Patagonia Plus" project: Managing the future through mindfulness
Introduction to FM 5.0 Integration
"Future Management 5.0" is becoming a key tool for Patagonia Plus' transformation from an ambitious project to a working mechanism for creating the future. This is not just a management methodology — it is a development philosophy that fully corresponds to the spirit of the project.
Main application vectors of FM 5.0
1. Organizational Intelligence (OGI)
2. Creating a hybrid management ecosystem that combines:
3. Local communities in Patagonia
4. International experts
5. Technology platforms
6. Research groups
7. Developing the system's ability to self-learn through:
8. Continuous adaptation to new conditions
9. Integration of local knowledge
10. Using AI assistants
11. Managing through the extended present
12. Working with three time horizons:
13. Operational tasks (construction, infrastructure)
14. Development of trends (technology, ecology)
15. Strategic scenarios (the future of civilization)
16. Creation of Presente Extenso — a system for simultaneous retention of all time layers
17. Safe experiments
18. Launching pilot projects in Safe-to-Fail mode:
19. Testing new architectural solutions
20. Testing of energy systems
21. Experiments with urban infrastructure
22. Creating innovation testing grounds for testing hypotheses
Practical application of tools
The implementation of Future Management 5.0 transforms "Patagonia Plus" from a static project into a living organism capable of self-development and adaptation. This is not just a management tool — it is a philosophy of creating the future, where each participant becomes a co-author of a new civilization.
The key result of applying FM 5.0 is the formation of a sustainable system that can not only implement the project, but also become a model for future initiatives around the world. "Patagonia Plus" is becoming not just a city of the future, but a laboratory of new approaches to managing the development of civilization.
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___Final assessment
“Patagonia Plus” is a strong conceptual document that successfully combines a technological vision with cultural and philosophical depth. Its main value lies not in the technical details (which are still few), but in the framing of the question: can the periphery produce the future, rather than merely consume it? This is a question that resonates far beyond the borders of Argentina.

 The conference, as a rhetorical method, works: it shows that the project can withstand confrontation with different viewpoints — libertarian, technocratic, ecological, and spiritual. This is an important test of viability.