Balaji Srinivasan: The Network State Is Eternal (#277)
Into the Impossible With Brian Keating
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Network State Is Not Just a Word, Right?
A network state is one where the network replaces the nation and now it's not necessarily common descent or common physical location for hundreds of years. It's literally a nation of shared belief, but that's a network today because those folks are online. And what I mean by this is if somebody steals in Idaho and they're in you know, Eastern Europe or something like that, go to the Idaho Police Department and file a complaint. The state is powerless as there no obvious God who will let you steal. Either the encrypted network will swarm you or the encryption will stop you from transferring funds.
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