Chapter 16 — Sovereignty, Paragraph 7.2 (§16.00.07.02)

Sovereignty, then, will acquire a new meaning for states and governments alike. States may need to share their unique identification function, at least in the digital world. Governments may see the achievement of sovereignty move further away from their grasp. Or the exact opposite may prove to be the case: states may claim the digital world as they have the analogue world, with governments finally achieving sovereignty in the digital world because of its artificiality. Whatever the case may be, the concept of sovereignty, particularly within the context of the state, which has been the dominant preoccupation of humanity for the past few centuries, is bound to change fundamentally in the digital world, perhaps beyond recognition.

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