This future scenario is the result of stalling globalisation combined with the nomadic wanderings of displaced ethnic groups, semi-corporate tribes and tech guilds in search of opportunity. Here is a world of pilgrimages and festivals, local green initiatives, border camps and special development zones. Imagine start-ups in rust belts, tents in the suburbs, open-air markets at airports and repurposed military bases. If there’s an emblematic image to focus on, it might be the Burning Man festival which takes place in the Black Rock Desert of Nevada every year. See a drone’s eye view of its domes, tents, vast open spaces and cycle trackways: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m2ThTb6iffA