A Briefing from a Failed Simulation

A 672-minute simulation of civilizational failure, and the three bugs we need to patch before we ship

Sep 4 • 

Ray Svitla

1

August 2025

The Runtime War

An analysis of the invisible war for the future of governance. While we build decentralized worlds, the old system deploys its ultimate weapon…

Aug 21 • 

Ray Svitla

1

2

ep3 // Minimum Viable Polity with Kateryna Musiienko

A field report on debugging a nation's OS in real-time.

Aug 7 • 

Ray Svitla

4

1

26:40

July 2025

The Governance Stack: A Schelling Point for Builders

The nation-state is an outdated operating system. The market for sovereignty is $18 trillion. It's time for a full-stack refactor. This is the new…

Jul 24 • 

Ray Svitla

1

From Priest-Kings to a16z: Why Governance is the Newest Asset Class

The multi-trillion dollar market for sovereignty is finally open

Jul 18 • 

Ray Svitla

4

3

Year 2 of a 7-Year Plan: Field Notes from a Network State

My passport is expiring. My resolve is not.

Jul 3 • 

Ray Svitla

June 2025

Kimberly Adams: From Dead Capital to Liquid Nation

Listen now | How to build a new state OS from the inside out. A deep dive into digital identity, dead capital, and the protocol for a borderless future.

Jun 27 • 

Ray Svitla

 and 

Kimberly Adams

4

28:48

Introducing the 404 Embassy Atlas v1.0

An open-source map of the network state ecosystem

Jun 19 • 

Ray Svitla

3

1

home is a protocol. are you verified?

How to sell network socity and don’t sound like cult recruitment.

Jun 12 • 

Ray Svitla

8

“Gov ≠ Friend”: Lou Kerner on CryptoMondays & Network States

Lou Kerner, 60-city crypto meet-ups, and why tomorrow’s governments will treat you worse.

Jun 5 • 

Ray Svitla

 and 

Lou Kerner

3

30:56

“The Government Is Not Your Friend”: Lou Kerner on Building the Largest Network-State

How Lou Kerner went from building Bolt to backing Facebook—and now funds decentralized IRL.

Jun 3 • 

Ray Svitla

 and 

Lou Kerner

1

30:56

May 2025

From Budva with Love

Field notes from JST Montenegro + Sovereign AI kits, and religion-as-a-startup with Lou Kerner.

May 29 • 

Ray Svitla

2