{"podcast":{"title":"GreenPill","slug":"greenpill-4976352","podcast_index_feed_id":4976352,"rss_url":"https://feeds.libsyn.com/400481/rss","website_url":"https://greenpill.party/","image_url":"https://static.libsyn.com/p/assets/5/9/9/b/599b0f48d165505288c4a68c3ddbc4f2/Podcast_cover_art.png","author":"Kevin Owocki","episode_count":297,"summary":"GreenPill is about crypto-economic systems that create positive externalities for their neighbors & for the world. We explore the intersection of programmable money, game theory, & mechanism design. We search for powerful new ways to fund, design, develop, & market regenerative web3-era applications and digital assets. We launch the meme of regenerative crypto-economics into the world. Ethereum is the ultimate substrate for human coordination. Learn about the web3 builders who are solving coordination failures and creating a more regenerative infrastructure for the world using Ethereum. Take the Green Pill!","last_synced_at":"2026-07-01T04:22:04.456689+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/greenpill-4976352"},"episode":{"title":"NN Ep:8 Functional Sovereignty: Can Network Nations Self-Govern Without Land?","slug":"nn-ep-8-functional-sovereignty-can-network-nations-self-govern-without-land","published_at":"2025-12-18T08:48:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/greenpill-4976352/nn-ep-8-functional-sovereignty-can-network-nations-self-govern-without-land","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/greenpill-4976352","url":"https://128c3f4a-6136-477c-8898-83d022a2d198.libsyn.com/nn-ep8-functional-sovereignty-can-network-nations-self-govern-without-land","audio_url":"https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/128c3f4a-6136-477c-8898-83d022a2d198/FFFF_mp3.mp3?dest-id=3304589","summary":"New @greenpillnet pod out today! 🌐 In this episode of the Network Nations mini-series, host Primavera De Filippi speak with Morshed Mannan (European University Institute) and Neil Walker (author of Sovereignty in Transition) to explore one of the most challenging ideas in political theory today: Functional Sovereignty. They discuss whether sovereignty can be unbundled into separate functions like identity, finance, and dispute resolution — and what it means when digital communities begin exercising these powers without controlling land. Together they examine historical precedents, overlapping authorities, private platform power (Amazon, Meta), self-determination, legitimacy, polycentric governance, and how decentralized infrastructure may enable network nations to achieve real autonomy. A foundational conversation for understanding how communities can self-govern in the networked age. 🌱 greenpill.network 🌐 networknations.network 🐦 @owocki @greenpillnet https://x.com/MannanMorshed Timestamps 00:00 – Cold open: \"Functional sovereignty is an oxymoron. 01:34 – What is functional sovereignty? 02:18 – Introducing guests: Morchette Mannan & Neil Walker 03:48 – Traditional sovereignty vs non-territorial sovereignty 06:14 – How communities govern identity, finance & dispute systems 07:20 – Unbundling sovereignty into multiple functions 08:25 – Historical evolution of sovereignty (dynastic → modern state) 10:50 – Early cracks: EU autonomy without exclusivity 13:09 – Examples of functional sovereignty (EU, monetary union, etc.) 16:42 – Guild socialism & industrial self-governance 18:20 – Decentralized constitutionalism in Yugoslavia 19:08 – Citizens as the sovereign, not territory 20:44 – Are Big Tech platforms (Amazon/Facebook) functional sovereigns? 23:24 – Digital proximity &…","meta_description":"New @greenpillnet pod out today! 🌐 In this episode of the Network Nations mini-series, host Primavera De Filippi speak with Morshed Mannan (European Unive…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":4218,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/greenpill-4976352/episodes/nn-ep-8-functional-sovereignty-can-network-nations-self-govern-without-land/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/greenpill-4976352/nn-ep-8-functional-sovereignty-can-network-nations-self-govern-without-land.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}