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Description
Technology has enabled us to start new companies, new communities, and new currencies. But can we use it to start new cities, or even new countries? This book explains how to build the successor to the nation state, a concept we call the network state.
1. Quickstart
Quickstart
Preamble
Preamble
The Network State in One Sentence
The Network State in One Sentence
The Network State in One Image
The Network State in One Image
The Network State in One Thousand Words
The Network State in One Thousand Words
The Network State in One Essay
The Network State in One Essay
2. History as Trajectory
History as Trajectory
Prologue
Prologue
Microhistory and Macrohistory
Microhistory and Macrohistory
Political Power and Technological Truth
Political Power and Technological Truth
God, State, Network
God, State, Network
People of God, People of the State, People of the Network
People of God, People of the State, People of the Network
If the News is Fake, Imagine History
If the News is Fake, Imagine History
Fragmentation, Frontier, Fourth Turning, Future Is Our Past
Fragmentation, Frontier, Fourth Turning, Future Is Our Past
Left is the New Right is the New Left
Left is the New Right is the New Left
The One Commandment
The One Commandment
3. The Tripolar Moment
The Tripolar Moment
NYT, CCP, BTC
NYT, CCP, BTC
The Dated and the Timeless
The Dated and the Timeless
A Bipolar America and a Tripolar Triangle
A Bipolar America and a Tripolar Triangle
Moral Power, Martial Power, Money Power
Moral Power, Martial Power, Money Power
Submission, Sympathy, Sovereignty
Submission, Sympathy, Sovereignty
Conflicts and Alliances
Conflicts and Alliances
4. Decentralization, Recentralization
Decentralization, Recentralization
The Possible Futures
The Possible Futures
Sociopolitical Axes
Sociopolitical Axes
Technoeconomic Axes
Technoeconomic Axes
Foreseeable Futures
Foreseeable Futures
American Anarchy, Chinese Control, International Intermediate
American Anarchy, Chinese Control, International Intermediate
Victory Conditions and Surprise Endings
Victory Conditions and Surprise Endings
Towards a Recentralized Center
Towards a Recentralized Center
5. From Nation States to Network States
From Nation States to Network States
Why Now?
Why Now?
On Nation States
On Nation States
On Network States
On Network States
6. Appendix
Appendix
Acknowledgments
Acknowledgments
About 1729
About 1729
Footnotes
Footnotes