The internet has definitely connected humanity beyond location, country, continent or government.

 

Most recently we see the rise of cryptocurrencies as a new sort of global economy, bringing us cross-border financial transactions in an instant.

 

As technology makes borders less and less relevant, will we witness the end of the nation-state as we’ve known it?

 

In this video, Ray Kurzweil takes a look at the elementary particle of the classical world order, the nation-state.

Ray Kurzweil is an inventor, thinker, and futurist famous for forecasting the pace of technology and predicting the world of tomorrow.