Sovereignty Stack

I'm working on a book. I wrote a whole-ass manifesto, but here's the TL;DR:

Everyone has something called a Sovereignty Stack, which is comprised of their citizenship primarily, and other secondary statuses that determine how they interact with the physical and virtual world — what they can and cannot do, where they can and cannot go.

If you’ve ever been denied a visa, prevented from buying and selling on the internet, or blocked from interacting with products, services and international business or finance infrastructure, because you were trying to do it from the “wrong” area code or IP address, then you know what it’s like to be a second-class citizen, physically and virtually. To put it mildly — it’s not great.

Most people go through life with their default stats. But the default configuration isn't hard-coded. People can level up. By acquiring a curated combination of stat boosts — professional bona fides, visas, residence permits, corporate vehicles, bank accounts, addresses, second passports, and more — anyone with sufficient amounts of motivation, and grit to make a plan and see it through over a reasonable time horizon can upgrade their Sovereignty Stack.

Our belief that anyone, anywhere in the world can make a plan and acquire these critical stat boosts that allow them transcend citizenship-based barriers to participating in the global economy is the premise for the Sovereignty Stack book project and newsletter that I'm working on, with Adim Ofunne.

The Sovereignty Stack newsletter and manifesto is now live at www.sovereigntystack.co.

Note: This was the thing that used to be Japa Diary. It’s now evolved.