Embrace the Next World
High School Stoners Viewers of the daily news might be forgiven for watching the current US President on TV and saying to themselves, “I’ll have what he’s having.” Eighteen months into his second administration, each day the President acts more and more like a high school stoner. Only with better …
A Thought Experiment: Digital Transparency will occur when AI and Quantum Computing evolve to become mainstream for all kinds of data processing Soon the exponential development of artificial intelligence (AI) and quantum computing will make any form of digital privacy, security, password protection, encryption, TEMPEST, etc., obsolete. When they do, …
Kleptocracy Kleptocracy / klĕp-tŏk′rə-sē / noun: A government characterized by rampant greed and corruption. A corrupt and dishonest government characterised by greed. Follow the Money In the middle of the movie Watergate, Bob Woodward is told by his contact Deep Throat to “follow the money”. It was good advice. So …
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 …
