Right now, the barriers are very simple. The Internet and the Web are still at such a level of infancy that the many things I have been forecasting will take 15 to 20 years to play out. No, no - I see them happening. Yes, but the barriers may also be the cultural benefits. It is not.
Nations are as protective of their survival as are individuals - and nations have armies.
There has to be an overpowering reason to do so. I don't see that reason. There are 10 million of us in Greece, and there are 7 million of us outside. If we became connected, that would be a very powerful thing. So when I speak of the distributed nation in sort of a lofty, idealistic sense, I mean that.