borders

Want to get a written message out to everyone? Just redefine your country’s borders to make cartographers do your bidding!

Apr 25, 2022

Law, Government, & Politics

borders, Government, maps, wildcats

Background: Many national and provincial borders are defined in highly arbitrary fashions that have no underlying geographical rationale: these often appear as straight lines on a map, frequently passing through uninhabitable wastelands. For this proposal, we’ll discuss borders that satisfy these criteria: Border region is uninhabited. Border region has no strategic value. Border region has…
Immigration reform: “give one, get one”

Sep 22, 2014

Culture

borders, citizenship, countries, emigration, immigration, passport

The issue: The free transit of people across borders has historically been prevented by various restrictions, both from the sending country (the requirement to grant an exit visa) and the receiving country. In most cases, legal immigration is an arduous process for individuals without esoteric skills or extensive financial resources. Fig 1: “I want to move…