http://geekistan.org A Sovereign and Fictional Nation Sun, 27 Jun 2010 16:47:19 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Currently, foreign policy and foreign aid by developed nations operate through "official channels".  The money goes to the governments with the expectation that they will use it appropriately, and pressure (both positive and negative) is applied to governments in the hopes that they will be influenced accordingly. Why? It's a failed system.  ... http://geekistan.org/foreign-policy/ While there may not have been a whole of activity on the site lately, that doesn't mean that I haven't been thinking about things.   As time allows, I'll be adding my thoughts to the site, and organizing the thoughts that are already here. (Not that anyone is actually reading any of ... http://geekistan.org/progress/ This is something that's been bouncing around in my brain for a while.   There are 3 levels of importance to what is written here. At the top there is the text of the proposed Constitution.  These are the words that actually appear in the document.  They carry the full weight and ... http://geekistan.org/context-and-formatting/ Even though there are only a few pages here so far, it's starting to build into a minor storm of chaos. Sort of a "light chaos shower with possibility of thunder chaos in the early evening". Right now, I'm tossing out ideas and concepts, formulating interactions, and occasionally spewing randomness. ... http://geekistan.org/talking-points/ "With great power, there comes great responsibility." http://geekistan.org/authority/