Explore the idea of creating your own country in the future, inspired by Balaji Srinivasan's vision for network states. Learn about ambitious city-building projects throughout history and today. Discover how privacy protection and network states intersect, and the concept of moral innovations in governance. Reclaim true citizenry through a decentralized network state and rethink traditional political systems.
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Network states aim to crowd fund territory globally for diplomatic recognition.
Building a network state requires moral innovations and national consciousness for effective governance.
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The Concept of Network States
The podcast discusses the concept of network states, which are highly aligned online communities aiming to crowd fund territory worldwide. These network states seek diplomatic recognition by pre-existing states. Through examples like Disney's Epcot and historical figures like Alexander the Great, the podcast highlights the ambition of great minds to create their own spaces, whether cities or countries.
Founding a Network State
The episode delves into the process of founding a network state. Starting with an online community, these groups gradually move towards acquiring physical land, forming network unions for collective action and bargaining, and expanding to multiple locations globally. By reaching a certain scale with distributed territories and populations, a network state can gain diplomatic recognition as a state, not a nation state.
Moral Innovations and National Consciousness
The podcast explores the importance of moral innovations and national consciousness in network states. It emphasizes the need for a social network with a recognized founder, collective action capacity, and an integrated cryptocurrency. Bology Srinivasan suggests that building a network state requires a critique of current systems, proposing moral innovations like effective altruism or accelerationism as potential foundations for these communities.
Want to take over the world? Well, how about we start with a country? On today's episode I review Balaji Srinivasan's The Network State where he explains his vision for the future of governance and how you might be able to start your own country sometime in the near future.