A fully decentralised, privacy-preserving and politically neutral tech stack
would provide the necessary support for self-sovereign virtual territories. Recent
breakthroughs in distributed systems, leaderless consensus algorithms and ZK encryption provide the technical foundation that makes such a base layer possible. By using
these technologies to build solutions for communications, storage and smart contracts,
we can incentivise the formation of borderless public institutions based on voluntary
consent. This opens the possibility for a culture of resilient parallel societies that
maximise the costs of surveillance and oppression, while minimising the costs of exit,
voice and loyalty. Doing this requires a resilient grassroots movement to govern and
sustain the network, thereby providing trust-minimized, corruption-resistant governing
services and social institutions to underserved citizens.
<p>In our world, your life is as private as you want it to be. We are not the first to argue
that privacy is necessary for an open society in the electronic age. Privacy is not
secrecy, it is a fundamental right.</p>
<p>In our world, you own the services you use, no matter if you drive a taxi, start companies or organise politically. You own your information, your apps, your marketplaces
and your assets. This means a voice in their governance and a stake in their success.</p>
<p>In our world, the rule of law is transparent, fair and the true basis of our wealth. Our
accessible governance system means transactions cost a fraction of what they do in the
captured legacy bureaucracy, courts are trustworthy and mediation is minimal.</p>
<p>In our world we have a transparent, self-sovereign monetary policy that serves the
interests of our citizens.</p>
<p>In our world assets are sovereign and secure, protected legally and technologically,
from outside and within. Logos is a digital Switzerland of the electronic age.</p>
<p>In our world culture is free, forkable and open. Freedom of expression is guaranteed by
our underlying technology. If you do not agree with what you have consented to, you
are always free to leave or remix.</p>
<p>In our world hegemony is replaced by a plurality of heterogenous communities, sharing a culture of voluntary consent. Hegemony is not only oppressive but inefficient,
stifling creativity and limiting the potential for discovery. Logos is the next step in the
evolution of society, from warlike and poverty-stricken barbarism to a prosperous
civilisation of voluntary harmony.</p>
<p>In our world the answers will not come from one person, one institution or one group.
We believe the smallest minority is the individual, and no individual is untouched
by the experience, cultures and relations they are party to. Hence we enable plurality
instead of tolerating or censoring it.</p>
<p>In our world people are not atomised and treated as machines, because people, not
machines, are at the centre of what we envision.</p>