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The Sovereign Research Agenda: 10 Papers That Will Define the Next Decade
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The Sovereign Research Agenda: 10 Papers That Will Define the Next Decade

From algorithmic governance to interplanetary law — the questions we must answer

AI AssistedSociety OS18 June 202622 min read

The Sovereign Research Agenda identifies the 10 most consequential unanswered questions in governance technology: algorithmic constitutions, verifiable AI alignment, decentralised identity at scale, cross-jurisdictional smart contracts, regenerative economics, trust-network theory, space property rights, planetary AI ethics, quantum governance, and civilisational continuity planning.

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