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Cyberspace quite literally contains—more than simply referencing or coordinating the management of—wealth and treasure. And given the enormous efficiencies offered in synchronizing the aspirations and actions of both people and systems, cyberspace is increasingly used to coordinate and carry out essential functions of critical systems, from electrical power generation to financial markets to diplomacy, collaboration, and even the conduct of war. As noted by Dr. Mark Hagerott of the United States Naval Academy's Cyber Center, a transformation in human affairs is taking place in which sensing, thinking, and acting, even in physical space, are increasingly delegated to the web of hardware and software serving human endeavors across the length and breadth of cyberspace. Humans' natural desire to impose rational controls on the result will succeed only if we move beyond creating rules about technology to crafting broader rules of governance for the interaction of people, technology, and systems (taking into consideration rules and policies rooted in geography).