The most basic assumption of all

the analogue world: Notwithstanding all of the above assumptions, theories and findings formulated over the thousands of years of (recorded) human history, what is important to note is that the most fundamental underlying assumption is that the political system is designed for, and will operate in, the analogue world. The digital world having a history of only a few decades, every system or thought humans have ever had about governance has been in relation to the analogue world. This includes not only those concepts relevant to the state and governance, such as borders and locality, but also, more importantly, the idea that information is finite. In other words, whatever objectives these political systems had, be they liberal or not, and whatever premises they were built on, there was always the assumption that information is finite, and that therefore one’s (e.g. the government’s) information processing increase would lead to another’s (in the same example, its state’s citizens’) decrease. The creation of the digital world has overturned everything that the political systems of today are built on. Indicatively, information is infinite in the digital world; digital (state) territories are eroding traditional notions of state [[§17.0.08|sovereignty]]; and a new kind of artificial Being, the computer program (on par with language and money), has entered the scene. With all humans’ basic assumptions overthrown, the digital world is expected to put everything, all the political systems created and political thoughts had by humans so far, to the test. Everything will have to be re-thought and reassessed in view of the new reality.

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