#network state

[liberlandtv]

An event we couldn't miss!

The Network State Conference presents Balaji's concept of the Network state; the event shows building the countries from scratch, attracting likeminded people into communities, and using their potential to thrive 🚀

If you're around, search for our Press Secretary Samuela Davidova who joined the conference on behalf of Liberland, and say hi or find out how to become our citizen!

networkstate #singapore

[arcticdementor]

Is there really anything more to Balaji Srinivasan’s whole “network state” idea beyond that tech billionaires should get to build city-states, with groups auditioning online for their patronage; combined with a serious mischaracterization/misunderstanding of Zionism, and Herzl’s role within it?

[the-lady-maddy]

[recreationaldivorce]

The US has blocked a statement, put forward by Algeria and backed by all UNSC’s 15 members except the US, to the UN Security Council that would have condemned Israel for the killing of more than 100 Palestinians awaiting food aid in northern Gaza.

The US claimed it is trying to verify the “circumstances around how people died” to see if “we can find some language that everyone can agree on”.

[continuations]

The Eutopian Network State

If you are not familiar with it, I encourage you to check out the Network State Project. The basic idea is to form new states online first, with an eventual goal of controlling land in the real world. While I disagree with parts of the historic analysis and also some of the suggestions for forming a network state, I fundamentally believe this is an important project.

In my book The World After Capital, I trace how scarcity for humanity has shifted from food to land (agrarian revolution), from land to capital (industrial revolution), and now from capital to attention (digital revolution). The states that we have today were first formed during the Agrarian Age and were solidified during the Industrial Age. As a result they carry the baggage of both of these periods. When it comes to states we have serious issues of "technical debt" and "cruft." One way to tackle these is through gradual rewrites of existing laws and constitutions. That's a slow process under the best of circumstances and in an age of increasing polarization likely an impossibility. Another mode of change is to create a new system elsewhere, with the goal that it might eventually replace the existing one. Given that pretty much all the habitable space on Earth is taken up by existing nation states, the best place to get started is virtual.

Now what would a Eutopian network state look like? I am still trying to figure a lot of that out but fundamentally it would seek to embrace the values described in The World After Capital in order to build a state for the Knowledge Age. As such it would aim to recognize how much progress has been made since most states were first established and how much more progress lies yet ahead of us. It would take into consideration that the right to bear arms or the functioning of free speech should likely be different in an age of nuclear bombs and global social networks than when we had muzzleloaders and town criers.

I am particularly interested in the idea of a "minimum viable state." What are the core concepts that need to be in place to get going and what can be filled in over time or maybe omitted entirely? For example, does a Eutopian Network State, have to define what constitutes a family? What is the minimal set of rules? I am currently reading the fourth book in Ada Palmer's Terra Ignota series. In the series humans voluntary join Hives but even those who don't, the Hiveless, must follow eight universal laws.

There are many other fascinating questions. For example, what does it take to become a Eutopian? Does one simply declare membership or is there some application process? Is there a pledge of some kind? Does Eutopia need to have fees or taxes to support itself financially? Once members have joined how are decisions made? And so on.

So far the Networkstate Dashboard is tracking 26 startup nations. I am curious to see how they have been answering some of these questions. I believe getting the answers to some of these baseline questions right is essential as they will determine who feels initially attracted to the state. And these core concepts should intentionally be difficult to change as they speak to the foundational nature of the society.

If you have thoughts on a minimum viable Eutopian state, I would love to read them in the comments!

[northgazaupdates]

21 March 2024

The IOF has ordered by loudspeaker for hundreds of displaced civilians to evacuate their shelter in part of Al-Shifa Hospital complex. If they refuse, the building will be bombed with them inside.

Communication has been lost with people inside Al-Shifa, including medical staff. In a livestream on Instagram earlier this evening, Islam Bassam Barbari stated that very little news is coming out about what the IOF is doing there, and people are extremely concerned.

Source: Resistance News Network on Telegram

[perfectlovercat]

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[urparty]

Of all the things for the social network 2010 to have totally made up about mark zuckerberg without regard for historical accuracy making him forget to get eduardo from the airport even though he actually did show up in real life solely so eduardo could do the waiting outside in the rain romcom trope is like 10/10 no notes

[thecorpsofrediscovery]

"Storm Cell Above the Columbia River" Sunday photography and exploration road trip to rural eastern Washington. Followed a dirt road to the hills above the Columbia and watched this storm form and move across the plateau. June 2024 - Photographer: Chris Rummel

[justacynicalromantic]

In early 2014, Ukraine was a neutral country, with a pro-Russian president, and with 70% of Ukraine's population against NATO membership. Yet Russia bluntly violated Ukraine's neutrality and annexed Crimea, then launched a covert invasion of Ukraine in the east.

Petro Poroshenko won the presidential election later in 2014 having promised a settlement with Russia, keeping a special status of the Russian language in Ukraine. He was initially sceptical regarding NATO accession, underlined Ukraine must rely on its own strength to provide security.

Did Putin meet Poroshenko halfway? Not at all. The regular Russian army entered the Ukrainian territory in mid-2014 to fight the Ukrainian troops, which led to the Minsk-1 agreement signed in September 2014.

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Few weeks later, Ukraine's parliament adopted a law that would guarantee the then Russia-controlled part of Donetsk and Luhansk regions additional economic, financial and cultural powers.

How did Putin react? Russia staged sham local elections in the occupied Donbas, and then sent the regular army again to Ukraine in early 2015, which led to the Minsk-2 agreement signed in February 2015.

Zelensky was even more sceptical regarding NATO accession. Asked about NATO, he once famously said he never pays anyone a visit if he has not been invited. He won the presidential election promising to compromise with Russia - to stop shooting, sit down with Putin and talk.

Did Putin meet Zelensky halfway? Not at all. He actually raised the stakes by issuing the Russian passports on the occupied territories of Ukraine even before Zelensky assumed the office, putting him in a difficult political position since the start.

Zelensky was ready to drop Ukraine's NATO bid in an exchange for the Russian troops withdrawing from Ukraine. The talks were held already before 2022. What did Putin do? He launched a full-scale invasion of Ukraine.

In the first weeks of the invasion, Zelensky was yet again ready to drop Ukraine's NATO bid. But he wanted to obtain international security guarantees. What did Putin do? He demanded that Russia must be consulted before any aid would be given to Ukraine in the event of aggression.

To sum up, Ukraine has consistently tried to reach a deal with Russia over the last decade, and was open to giving up on its NATO bid in exchange for the withdrawal of the Russian troops from Ukraine. Russia never reciprocated, never showed a good will, kept raising the stakes.

Both Poroshenko and Zelensky were initially sceptical regarding Ukraine's accession to NATO. Both wanted to get a deal with Putin. And Putin himself pushed both of them to seek NATO membership out of no other viable alternatives.

Up till now, Putin has shown absolutely no willingness to compromise with Ukraine. His war aims remain maximalist - subjugating Ukraine and changing its regime. He seeks Ukraine's partition, and will turn what is left of Ukraine into Russian protectorate.

Russia's imperial self-conception is that of Russian elites at large, and not just Vladimir Putin. The Russian leadership simply cannot reconcile with the existence of a sovereign Ukrainian statehood.

Therefore any sustainable Ukrainian-Russian compromise is currently not possible unless the Russian cost-benefit calculus changes. Only credible risk to the stability of the Russian regime would impact this calculus. The easiest way goes through defeating Russia in Ukraine.

[chevs-and-spiders]

numbers going wild

[mysharona1987]

Nothing but respect for Brock Lesnar’s genes. They are unstoppable.

She is literally breaking sports records.

When the aliens invade, she will inevitably be the person we call.

[arcticdementor]

Why is it?

It it really just optimism bias and wishful thinking that causes most of the "build parallel institutions" types — particularly "seasteaders" and Srinivasan's "network state" — to optimistically "handwave away" questions of their proposals' economic viability?

[summonerj]

You know those posts about Danny owning John Constantine’s soul for one reason or another, why just Constantine, why not have several people in the Justice League somehow in debt because of something or someone in their past; like someone’s mom selling their first born; or a stupid dare they did in their childhood; maybe someone asking for protection for their children in their last breath; maybe they got caught up in a ritual; maybe an old generational curse; or an old enemy

somehow this happens to the vast majority of heroes, villains, vigilantes, anti-heroes and supernatural. The only person confirmed to not be indebted to the Ghost King by the Ghost King himself is Batman

[the-lady-maddy]

https://www.instagram.com/sana_aljamal82/reel/C-ilPeJPPqA/?igsh=MXR6cDBmeDMwOTkxaQ==

[stuckinapril]

I’m happy for the little life I built for myself