Embrace the Next World
Forms Bullshit comes in two forms. The first is useful. It is the organic stuff that comes out of cows and fertilizes fields. The second is useless. It is the verbal stuff that comes out of the mouths of politicians. Recognizing the difference between the two is often difficult. Particularly …
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We are On the Air! The Virtual State is proud to present its first podcast. In this inaugural episode Brad Janssen and Brenda Mickleford discuss the origins, benefits, and opportunities for a Virtual Nation State. We would love to hear from you about this format and what topics you think …
Dog Whistle Marc Andreesen recently posted a 5,200 word ‘manifesto’ for Techno-Optimism on his website. It is the kind of dog whistle screed likely to trigger journalists. If this was his intent, he succeeded. If your hearing doesn’t reach the higher ranges of your pet pooch, then the long list …
Hacking America SunBurst, the recent hacking of America’s government and some of its largest companies, is probably the single biggest attack in cyber-security history. Deploying malware via SolarWinds’ Orion products allowed the hackers broad access to some of the juiciest targets in the country. SolarWinds is a government and industry …
Backdrop On February 18, 2010, Danny Zhao was born into Dutch legal limbo. His nationality at birth was registered as ‘unknown’ by the Dutch authorities. Had he been registered ‘stateless’, he would have had a path towards Dutch citizenship under the UN’s 1961 Convention on the Reduction of Statelessness, to …
The Rise of the Machines Machines are taking over from humans in the effort to secure national and supra-national borders. Case in point: the Europe Union recently signed a 100M Euro contract for new drones to augment its existing fleet engaged in migration surveillance in the Mediterranean Sea, a job …
A private digital identity is essential to securely access a service online. Most of us already have numerous digital identities and unconsciously use them every day to access social media, government services, retail, and other online services. Issued by the public and private sites, identities are stored on our smartphone …
The Virtual State is a radical attempt to re-invent how we live, interact, and thrive in the digital age. Its goal is to create a new state, one unencumbered by historical and geographical boundaries. A truly digital state built for this century, by and for its citizens. Starting with those …
Protesters love their country. But, just as in any family that has a relative with self-destructive habits, protestors want their country to change for the better. Their way of doing it is by forcing an intervention. Refugees are different. They mostly love their country and would remain but are forced …
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