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Chris Carella
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Would you, in your current life situation, move to a Network State? If you are interested but wouldn't, what are your blockers? ie I'm personally on a long journey (prob Prospera) but its especially difficult with kids.
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No. The interesting thing about cities are their diversity. My neighbors have a range of beliefs and viewpoints. Through them I hone my own and see the world in different ways. It makes life interesting. Why would I trade that all for a sea of sameness, far away from my family to boot.
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Just because people are similar on one dimension (willingness to uproot themselves and move to a certain place) doesn’t mean they aren’t wildly different in others though
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Of course, that’s why you get such ranges in perspectives in cities Per the definition of “network state” in Balaji’s book, a key feature of a network state is that everyone is bonded by their shared beliefs. There is this idea he has of “The One Commandment” — “a "moral innovation" that unites their members” — think like “Don’t Die” Attendees at The Network School must be approved for attendance and part of the consideration is answers on a survey about beliefs.
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Uprooting is a secondary consideration to these shared beliefs. Balaji suggests you can find your tribe online first and organize digitally, growing your movement until you have enough people to relocate
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Right, the place I’m living is basically that, started around 15 years ago by people who found each other online through an alternative investment community. It may have been more similar in the early days and there’s still broad agreement on some topics but wildly different opinions on others
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So what was this community’s “one commandment”? Network states have a specific definition that I was reacting to in my answer. I don’t view it the same as like, a bunch of folks meeting through Farcaster and deciding to make an IRL community
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How do you see what I’m describing as different? Values aligned people who met online and cofunded the creation of an irl space for them to live seems to check the box to me but maybe I’m missing a piece of Balaji’s definition
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Because you can’t define its moral premise simply and answer the question of its “one commandment” https://thenetworkstate.com/the-one-commandment “Every new startup society needs to have a moral premise at its core, one that its founding nation subscribes to, one that is supported by a digital history that a more powerful state can’t delete, one that justifies its existence as a righteous yet peaceful protest against the powers that be.”
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