Both of the above consequences have been challenged by the advent of the digital world
Both of the above consequences have been challenged by the advent of the digital world
Both of the above consequences have been challenged by the advent of the digital world. As regards the transactional state, in ever-increasing parts of their lives, individuals are no longer obliged to transact through their states: today they can work, buy things, or acquire services and study entirely in the digital world, avoiding any state involvement if they wish—a proposition unheard of since humans first walked the earth (see also §12.00.10). As regards territoriality, for the first time since writing was invented, state records do not necessarily reside in the territory of a state. Digital-born information on their citizens may be stored, and processed, by states anywhere on the planet (see also §17.00.08). This is a unique, unheard of challenge to (the traditional notion of) state sovereignty.
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