Network States

the rise of network states is an early indicator, barely legible today, of the inevitable exponential curve of government and civil service automation and the privatization of public infra.

These systems built with efficiency instead of sheer power in mind will overtake the current world order. 

Conventional wisdom says China is gonna be the next superpower, and maybe they will be the leaders of the centralized world, but over the coming decades, that way of global organization will fade into irrelevancy for the people and entities blazing the trail of the future.

Web2/Web3 developer and builder of grassroots decentralized culture and governance. Not a maximalist of any kind. More soon.

>how do you conceive the future? how do you envision it?

With respect to the current world order, I imagine OECD countries will see hyperinflation due to the political inability to shut off the money printers and the mathematical inevitability of losing control of interest on money loans. That by itself may create a global power vacuum (if something else doesn’t catalyze it first) for the most capable entities to seize control of the remaining institutions that CAN be centralized.

>where will you decide to live in the next 5 years to prepare practically for it?

Simply put, I’m still figuring this one out. I’ve been working for the better part of 2024 to extricate myself from circumstances I created that keep me stuck in the middling locale where I live. 

When I can fully exercise flexibility of location, my first thought is to start in Austin, Texas to come closer to some very smart talented network-minded people I’ve met who are either based there or strongly associated with the area. Tho that may change in the coming months as I finish these obligations. We’ll see!

how do you conceive the future? how do you envision it? where will you decide to live in the next 5 years to prepare practically for it?