Parallel Citizen

Parallel Citizen is a publication for those building civilization outside the old coordinates.

We’re not waiting for institutions to save us. We’re prototyping new ones in code, in culture, in community. We track the rise of network states, cloud societies, and sovereign enclaves from a front-row seat.

This isn’t tech hype. It’s techno‑realism. We're interested in how small groups, bound by shared values and digital infrastructure, can coordinate, grow, and negotiate with legacy systems as peers.

Expect essays, manifestos, research dispatches, and on‑the‑ground coverage of the emergent archipelago:
– startup cities
– shadow diplomacy
– cloud-native governance
– cryptographic law
– diasporic futures
– techno‑spiritual experiments

We’re for the builders. The dissidents. The founders of parallel systems.

If that’s you, welcome to the network.

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