The Open Source Legal Code for Special Jurisdictions, Startup Cities & Network States

Remastered version of Ep. 7 with Tom W. Bell

If people ask me which episode to start with on Stranded Technologies, or even “is the best one” - I typically name this one: Ep. 7: Tom W. Bell on Law as the Software of Society, Open Source Legal Kernels and Competitive Governance

Several listeners reported entering a rabbit hole after hearing it and a feeling of instigation of potentially one of the most important innovations in human history.

I remastered this uniquely insightful and important episode now:

It now has better audio quality and a more organic flow of conversation.

(To enjoy older episodes in greater quality, you may need to delete the cache of your podcasting platform, here is a guide on how to delete your cache in Spotify.)

This episode contains some of the key insights needed to understand the whole point behind the thesis of Infinita VC and Stranded Technologies:

• Common law is an emergent system of laws that can be more flexible than statutory law, which underpins most of business & technology regulation

• Legal innovation is an enabler for business & technology innovation: laws & rules are the operating systems of society, and technology companies are the super-apps

• This is not only theory: Tom W. Bell’s open source legal code called ULEX is used in Honduras by Prospera and in the US by the Catawba Indian Nation

This legal code can unleash multiple different forks adapted to local cultures and different purposes or Balajian “moral innovations” for network states.