Innovating Virtual Nations: The Rise of Network States

✨ DEBRIEF ✨ | Ryan & David's Unfiltered Thoughts on the Episode: https://shows.banklesshq.com/p/debrief-rise-of-the-network-state 

Balaji Srinivasan is an investor, founder, and Former CTO of Coinbase and GP at a16z and author of The Network State, which will be the main focus of the podcast today.

The Network State explores ideas surrounding digital communities and the future of how we coordinate as a species. A startup society fosters the emergence of network unions, which evolve into a network archipelago—eventually calcifying into the network state.

As we muse about the fate of human systems, we explore mental models for understanding the digital revolution and how we can allow coordination to thrive.

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------ Topics Covered:

0:00 Intro 6:19 Common Denominators 8:50 Micro vs. Macro History 15:15 The Network State 19:05 Online Communities 23:50 Nation vs. The State 36:20 Why A Nation State 40:18 The One Commandment 1:02:44 Being Inside the Network State 1:08:00 Bankess x the Network State 1:13:38 What’s the Incentive? 1:19:30 Violence’s Role 1:33:48 Non-Wealthy Critique 1:38:53 Everyone Joins the Network State 1:44:20 Network State Action Items 1:48:46 Closing & Disclaimers

------ Resources:

Balaji https://twitter.com/balajis 

The Network State https://thenetworkstate.com/ 

Dashboard https://thenetworkstate.com/dashboard 

Vitalik’s Review https://vitalik.ca/general/2022/07/13/networkstates.html#what-is-a-network-state 

One Commandment https://thenetworkstate.com/the-one-commandment 

FDIC Insured Bank Charts & Fintech Tweets https://twitter.com/balajis/status/1351068210930601984 

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