Planet of the Scans: How Digital IDs Are Quietly Rebooting Humanity—One QR Code at a Time
In Singapore, where efficiency is a national sport, citizens can now board a flight, vote, and buy durian at 3 a.m. using nothing more than a QR code and a stoic expression. Half a planet away, Estonia—population 1.3 million, mood perennially Nordic—has turned its entire population into de facto e-residents, allowing anyone with a passport…