Ray Svitla

@ray-svitla

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1/ I’ve escaped two dictatorships – one by protest, the other by war. Belarus, then Ukraine. Now in Lisbon, figuring out what “home” means. So I host salons & build experiments about Network-Society futures.

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Year 2 of my 7-year sovereignty glitch: customs stamps “DENIED,” I ship new user stories. How do you build a borderless nation on legacy passports? Field notes inside ➡ https://embassy.svit.la/p/field-notes-network-state /network-states /sovereign /governance

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supposed to be sipping espresso on the Dalmatian coast. Instead, Lisboa again. Belarusian passport strikes (denied) for the 3rd time in 6 months. Had to prove I’m not a f***ing terrorist, re-book flights, watch euros evaporate...that’s why I started 404Embassy New pod w/ Kimberly Adams (Onchain City) She’s shipping the exit watch / listen: https://embassy.svit.la/p/kimberly-adams-from-dead-capital-to-liquid-nation /network-states /digitalidentity

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the /network-states space is a beautiful mess. to make sense of it, I built a map. today, I’m open-sourcing the 404 Embassy Atlas v1.0 🗺️ It's a live, data-driven look at who's actually building new nations, DAOs, and charter cities. first signals are in: > the "startup" model is winning. > the ecosystem is flying blind with no "how-to" guides. live map & full analysis below. what did I miss? https://embassy.svit.la/p/network-state-atlas

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“Everything else has fucked you: governments, bosses, exes. Bitcoin won’t. That’s community." Full pod → https://embassy.svit.la/p/lou-kerner-gov-not-friend”

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is the network society a billionaire’s toy – or a real democracy update? new drop explores network societies without the cult fumes > 35M+ nomads = $787B market > governance as UI/UX > passports as countdown timers read: https://embassy.svit.la/p/what-is-a-network-society /network-states /governance /dao

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product–market fit: people buy product–civilization fit: people believe

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ever tried explaining "Network Society" to someone outside our bubble? my results: > "is that a new crypto?" > "tax haven for HWI?" >👽 (DJ with 146 BPM) dropping a deep-dive on Thursday /network-states /networkcities

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🎧 404Embassy EP01 w/ OG Lou Kerner is live. > gov ≠ friend (and tomorrow ≠ better) > humanity vs. ̶S̶a̶c̶k̶l̶e̶r̶ Zuckerberg > AI as the new electricity “YOU ARE NOT ALLOWED TO EMAIL ME AND ASK ME PERMISSION… WHAT PART OF DECENTRALIZATION DIDN’T YOU FUCKING UNDERSTAND?” 30 min pure signal → https://embassy.svit.la/p/lou-kerner-gov-not-friend /network-states /cryptomondays /governance

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Tomorrow 404Embassy #1 w/ OG @loukerner Web2 → Web3 → beyond: > Bolt (pre-MySpace) founder > early FB + LinkedIn investor > believes Farcaster is “decentralised Twitter nobody needs… yet?” “Government is not our friend – tomorrow it’s worse.” Full episode tomorrow. Audio + video. Subscribe: https://embassy.svit.la /bitcoin

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📡 First drop from the 404embassy – "From Budva with Love" > Sovereign AI kits > JST Montenegro field notes > Religion-as-a-startup (feat. Lou Kerner) Read now → https://embassy.svit.la/p/from-budva-with-love

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TL;DR – I’m free for a fractional CMO / research gig (15–20 h/week). If your feed is full of Web3, digital-citizen, or nomad-city projects, tag a founder. I built: • 6 research papers → 9 big-name clients • WAKA app → 100 K users with creator revenue share • 7 salons on network societies from London to Berlin, Lisbon to Dubai Slides, résumé, call-slots → svit.la Warm intros = dinner on me next time we meet 🐌 Not married to titles – Product, Strategy, Community? Reply here and I’ll DM my latest one-pager. /regen /network-states

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thinking on crypto rave in Lisbon during NFC, June 5 high-trust playground to swap alpha at 120 bpm - venue ✅ - sick sound ✅ hit my DMs if you wanna sponsor /nfc-summit /lisbon

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my therapy didn’t look like yoga it looked like Ableton and a half-finished track at 3AM 1/5

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it’s been almost a week since the rooftop rehab session in Dubai you know what’s better than 5000 people pretending to pitch each other? → 50 humans talking like the world hasn’t already been sold twice and fractionalized no decks. no jargon. just sun, signal, and semi-legal levels of good vibes big ups @gaurang.eth @marwan1337 and others for speaking truth into the mic. it’s actually really-really good. video soon-ish. stay tuned-ish

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now it’s time Sovereign ’97 a global ritual for builders of the next society Lisbon + 7 cities DM to open a node

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token2049 was peak shill deck energy. tonight we go small: rooftop in Dubai with real stories people say Dubai isn’t made network societies. Dubai isn’t the problem–it’s the pressure cooker. money + legacy issues = perfect soil for new thinking. we need these people more than we think. I’ll be mic in hand, finding the good signal → https://lu.ma/le6y2a34 #NetworkStates #LegacyHackers #ShillDeckDetox

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landed in Dubai to recharge with the energy of money. it’s soaking in along with the sun. my skin’s even starting to take on a golden tint. if you’re around too, would love to meet up! /token2049 /network-states

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headed to Dubai Apr 28–May 4 for Token2049 side quests. who’s around? who should i meet, what’s unmissable? might record a pod or two — Network State, identity, legacy diplomacy. got someone in mind i should talk to? also cooking up a tiny event w/ Mycelium — lmk if you know a good spot. 📸 pics from my last trip in 2021 — was there for fundraising and the World Expo.

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A passport is a blockchain without a chain. Just a fragile ledger of where you’ve been, and who still legally lets you in. I’m a Belarusian in exile with 10 new stamps and no country that can safely renew my identity. Montenegro was supposed to be a quick hop. Instead, it birthed a series: The Embassy That Doesn’t Exist Stateless doesn’t mean voiceless.

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