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Kaspar Korjus, the Founding Managing Director of Estonia’s e-Residency program, shared his futuristic vision on how to get nation states to digitize with attendees of TNW2019 today. The private sector has set the pace for technological transformation, and Korjus thinks it’s time for nation states to catch up. “We’ve given governments millions of dollars to digitize, but they always seem to fail,” Korjus said. But what if they didn’t? Having been part of Estonia’s pioneering digitalization of government services, Korjus is a big believer that nation states can adapt to the new technological climate — and that when they do,…

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Good afternoon from day one of TNW’s annual tech extravaganza, taking place in Amsterdam’s trendy NDSM Wharf. The sun is shining. The beers are cold. People are having fun. All things considered, it’s pretty bloody lovely. Even if you’re not here, you can still take watch the festivities, and it’s all thanks to our livestream. Any minute now, our dulcet-toned Aussie crypto reporter David Canellis will start probing eToro founder Yoni Assia about all things decentralized. Oh, and Kristian Nairn will be there. You know. Hodor. Hodor? Hodor. Hodor Hodor. There’s plenty more where that came from. Check out the official…

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