Hearts and minds are abandoning governments, because governments are failing to keep themselves relevant to our online lives. While there are certainly a few anarchists and libertarians who are thrilled at the prospect of reduced “interference”, this transition really calls for an urgent evaluation of whether we should let our governments die; and what value they could provide us, if we updated them for the web3 era of user-generated content, with decentralised finance.

Tornadoes are big and scary; and they’re beyond the control of ordinary civilians, so it’s the perfect scenario for helpful government intervention. It’s existential threats like these that remind us why we need governments; but perhaps too it serves as a prompt to consider if we could replace governments with something else.

As a consumer of food; has it ever occurred to you that despite the great power of government; and its involvement in the food supply; there are still black markets for food?

Would you like a guardian angel looking over you? Helping you with limitless memory and superhuman awareness? Such angels are already available, but unfortunately, it’s still portrayed that they’re on someone else’s team − that instead of helping you remember what happened, they’re “remembering what you did” and they’re “spying on you”; “reading your thoughts”.

As a sentient being, thinking about your own existence and your place in the world; you must’ve asked yourself what runs the world. Money! That’s what it used to be, but now, it’s undeniable that software has to be included in the answer too.