Network States
Discuss network states and startup societies
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@darrylyeo
Kazakhstan first impressions:
City center is super clean and efficient, Alem sphere coworking space + overall Astana Hub campus is stunning and futuristic. Turnaround time for infrastructure setup seems fast – I already have facial recognition access at the entrance, a room with a bare concrete floor was fully carpeted by the next day, and brand new turnstiles have just materialized by the elevators on the @ns floor waiting to be nailed in.
A few dozen returning @ns members are here for the first cohort and a few new members who are locals are already teaching Russian/Kazakh language + culture to the rest of the group.
Huge turnout for the opening day presentation – good amount of representation from government officials, but also pleasantly surprised how many locals came and engaged. They seem friendly, hospitable and genuinely excited @ns is here in their country.
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@marwan1337
I was actually at Network School in January for three weeks. My first day there, I whipped up a basic app where you can plug in your location, priorities, and budget, and you’d get an AI-generated PDF pointing you to all the resources you’d need to start your own society-as-a-service.
Last night I felt motivated to tidy it up a little bit to share here. It’s not without its bugs since this was a quick thing, but hopefully it’ll be of use to some folks.
https://society-as-a-service-planner.replit.app
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@darrylyeo
Mini-documentary about life at Network School’s first node in Forest City, Johor, Malaysia and the circumstances leading to its closure.
https://x.com/leonsview/status/2081749381766689071/video/1
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@marwan1337
Anyone who believes that what happened to school in Malaysia has any kind of long-term impact on the development of network states (or some new apex societal structure akin to them) has no clue what network states actually are.
Balaji’s definition and ideas have popularized 1) that modern technology makes it possible to build new kinds of supranational coordinated entities, and 2) a specific but probably intentionally narrow idea of how such an entity *could* begin and evolve. However, most people who encountered this idea placed much more focus on 2 than on 1.
Whether people like it or not, it’s not just “the west is declining”, but nation states in general are losing cultural and ideological (and soon more types) of influence because of modern technological developments. By its nature, this technology, will eventually enable *some* kind of post-nation state world. But Balaji’s implementation is only one way to go about it.
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@bytebot
I’m actually open to helping you all become better at host nation relations especially if you think of the final state re: diplomatic recognition.
The current way isn’t the way. And while I don’t share the same thoughts on being anti-Israel like many on social media do (I’m anti-no one, just to be clear - I’m a child of the early internet, you could be a dog for all I care) in malaysia, this is something to navigate.
If you want my number, it’s a dm away for Balaji to reach out. Key is I like the network state idea, I just think you’re bungling up a great thing you’ll never easily get somewhere else.
@codyb.eth @baseddesigner.eth @darrylyeo @shoni.eth
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https://x.com/balajis/status/2077723442166784206
https://x.com/balajis/status/2077726651027427448
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@darrylyeo
Moving to @ns is already the single best career + life decision I’ve made.
$1,500/month all-inclusive subscription including three healthy meals a day, serviced hotel/apartment room, co-working spaces, gym, classes/workshops all week long, group conference travel around Asia, and an optimistic, ambitious, tech-forward international community of all ages, family sizes and walks of life, achieving life milestones together while learning and building things that actually matter.
If the defaults where you live are no longer working in your favor, change your defaults, help build the alternative, and set an example for the rest of the world to follow.
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@darrylyeo
Extending the same open invitation to all my Farcaster friends. Come visit us at Network School anytime.
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@darrylyeo
Great read and an accurate snapshot of what living at Network School (@ns) is currently like.
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