• beeng@discuss.tchncs.de
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    2 days ago

    Fucking shit article.

    Different network state to Bilajis? Since that was always opt in afaik.

    From the website from the book.

    A network state is a highly aligned online community with a capacity for collective action that crowdfunds territory around the world and eventually gains diplomatic recognition from pre-existing states.

    https://thenetworkstate.com/

    Seems like zuck trying to take the Name again like he came up with it, eg Meta.

    Networks are opt in, just like meta product’s.

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      1 day ago

      Years ago I thought Balaji was a genius. But now he’s just a rich guy who thinks just because he’s smart and has a a crowd he can weigh in on everything.

      The idea that a “network state” where an on-line community using NFTs as passports to sleep on each other’s couch would somehow be recognized by actual countries makes for a cool sci-fi plot (I’d read that!). But it has no place in reality.