Parallel Citizen (parallelcitizen)

For years, the internet promised that if systems failed, you could just opt out. Move your money. Move your data. Move your life somewhere better. But what happens when there’s nowhere left to go? This piece explores why “exit” alone can’t solve our problems anymore, and what might come next in a world where states, platforms, and communities are all competing for your allegiance. If you care about network states, digital sovereignty, and the future of governance, this one’s for you. Read it here: https://paragraph.com/@parallelcitizen/exit-is-not-enough /networksocieties /network-states /networkcities /green-pill /paragraph

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A review post about 4Seas, Chiang Mai /ethereum /networksocieties /network-states https://paragraph.com/@parallelcitizen/4seas-2026

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My latest - A review of Network School and its bet on permanence out now https://paragraph.com/@parallelcitizen/network-schooi-a-bet-on-permanence

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My latest - A review of Network School and its bet on permanence out now https://paragraph.com/@parallelcitizen/network-schooi-a-bet-on-permanence

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Sharing my highlights from visiting NS Conference and Network School https://paragraph.com/@parallelcitizen/ns-2025-highlights /network-states /nsl /networksocieties /paragraph

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Democracy as forecasting. Nepal’s Gen Z routed around shutdowns, Belarus shows the repression baseline, Estonia keeps iterating e-gov, Albania teases an AI “minister.” What flexes, what breaks, what’s next. https://paragraph.com/@parallelcitizen/dddddd /networksocieties /paragraph /network-states /worldnews /geopolitics /ai

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Chokepoints of the ‘Decentralized’ Web /network-states /paragraph

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