Cnet has an interesting story.

The idea of techno-utopian spaces — new countries even — that could operate beyond the bureaucracy and inefficiency of government. It’s a decision that hinges on exiting the current system, as [entrepreneur Balaji] Srinivasan terms it from the realm of political science, instead of using one’s voice to reform from within, the very way Page and Brin decided to found their search giant instead of seek out ways in which the then-current tech titans could solve new problems.

Here is some Kool-Aid that I am not drinking:

With 3D printing, regulation is being turned into DRM. With quantified self, medicine is going mobile. With Bitcoin, capital control becomes packet filtering. All of these examples, Srinivasan says, are ways in which technology is allowing people to exit current systems like physical product production and distribution; personal health; and finance in favor of spaces of their own creation.

Instead, I think that secessionists are in for a tough slog. I would try to embark on the process gradually. A key step is to convince governments to unbundle their services and open them up to private competition. I know that sounds like an impossible task. But building a new society without the existing base of political norms and legal systems sounds even harder.