I too got top notch writing and a little less good illustration very impressive.

You know I used to think so but right now say by next year, I will afford to let go of a designer and use AI illustrations instead but I will not be able to afford to let go of a janitor.

I also wonder about this. I think the very premise of the nation state will have to change. Political systems have always evolved to meet economic needs, the nation state now a few hundred years old was designed to meet the needs of industrial capitalism.

For majority of countries it wasn’t the best experiment. But now, undoubtedly, new systems of governance will emerge to meet surveillance capitalism. Will they be fairer or much worse? Depends.. I can see your dark scenario playing out sure. I’ve heard folks say the future is cities self-governed not countries but I need to explore it more to understand the idea.