If capitalism is a pregnancy, we are in labor. Our ways of being -- the ways we have used money, technology and each other -- have been so unsustainable up to this point, but they may not have all been in vain. We’ve reached the 9-month threshold -- an inflection point -- and now we’re about to deliver a child.

As social and environmental issues grow increasingly dire, let us ask ourselves, if it's possible to modify Minecraft's code, in what ways can we hack our real socio-economic systems and create pockets of alternate realities in which everyone can thrive?

Two weeks ago, I gave a talk about one of my projects, Voluminous Territories. Using the country Cyprus as a case study, I explained how private companies are reshaping our world and transforming our notions of territory.