Credible Neutrality Matters
The blind spot of much of today’s SV-based and SV-adjacent tech leadership is that they were shaped by, and succeeded during, the 1990s—one of the rare moments in history when the world was converging toward homogenization and globalization.
In computer terms: the US was the "standard". Countries, companies, and people that wanted to participate in global business aligned with US rules—legal, financial, trade, regulatory. Compatibility meant access.
That world is gone. Today we live in a highly interconnected yet increasingly fractured landscape. Trust is scarce. There is no global arbiter of what is “right.”
If you’re a large company or financial institution in India, Canada, or Europe, would you confidently settle disputes in US courts? Would you feel secure knowing your funds could be frozen by a unilateral decision from Washington? Likely, less and less every day.
And fracture isn’t just global—it’s local. US states grow more polarized. The UK left the EU. EU members are divided on existential issues.
In this reality, technologies built on credible neutrality, decentralized governance, and censorship resistance will have an unmatched advantage.