The Network State

By Balaji Srinivasan,

Book cover of The Network State: How To Start a New Country

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“Balaji has the highest rate of output per minute of good new ideas of anybody I’ve ever met, and The Network State may be his best.” — Marc Andreessen, cofounder of Andreessen Horowitz

"We've started new currencies. Now The Network State shows us how to start new cities and new…


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1 author picked The Network State as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?

This book gave me hundreds of story ideas and probably boosted my IQ by at least 3 points.

Social media and Blockchain clasp hands together to create a third leviathan alongside God and the State: Network. Balaji dragged me through a buffet of interesting ideas that shape my world and its future, including the idea that countries may be much easier to start than what I first thought.

Very dangerous. Awesome. Read it.

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