Think about it, how many more people are immediately affected by a change in the terms of service by FB as opposed to a law passed by the government. Most will notice the FB change, few pay attention to the new laws.

Sometimes this type of ignorance is a bliss.

In 30-50 years, we will likely see the nation-state as something much less impactful.

Yes, fully agree, the notion as nation-state is also new in human kind. We had empires, kingdoms, ducats, etc before. They mostly gone or obsolete. Nation-state will follow. There will be some kind of big unions, to hold up some kind of order and infrastructure standards, but else it will be the entities that control the data and the cashflow who will rule.

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