Being signed to Sony Music, he released his debut album Borderless in 2005.
In its edition of July 8, 2009, Newsweek Japan included Gocoo in its top 100 list of Japanese people who “overcame cultural barriers and shine in the world” as "their borderless sound, a mix of rock and ethnic music from around the world, is cherished by international audiences”.
The second "secret" carpet, smaller, now borderless and with some of the field missing, and made up from the remaining usable sections, was sold to American businessmen Clarence Mackay and was exchanged by wealthy buyers for years.
Illusions of a Borderless World is a 2006 book by Jack Goldsmith and Tim Wu that offers an assessment of the struggle to control the Internet.
Beginning in March 2012, Varoufakis became Economist-in-Residence at Valve Corporation, a major video game company, where he researched the digital economies that spontaneously take shape within the borderless communities of video game players.