# 131 - Rise of the Network State | Balaji Srinivasan

*Author: David Hoffman*
*Published: Aug 8, 2022*
*Source: https://www.bankless.com/fr/131-rise-of-the-network-state-balaji*

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The Network State explores ideas surrounding digital communities and the future of how we coordinate as a species. A startup society fosters the emergence of network unions, which evolve into a network archipelago—eventually calcifying into the network state.

As we muse about the fate of human systems, we explore mental models for understanding the digital revolution and how we can allow coordination to thrive.

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### TIMESTAMPS
0:00 Intro

6:19 Common Denominators 

8:50 Micro vs. Macro History 

15:15 The Network State

19:05 Online Communities 

23:50 Nation vs. The State

36:20 Why A Nation State

40:18 The One Commandment 

1:02:44 Being Inside the Network State 

1:08:00 Bankless x the Network State

1:13:38 What’s the Incentive? 

1:19:30 Violence’s Role 

1:33:48 Non-Wealthy Critique 

1:38:53 Everyone Joins the Network State

1:44:20 Network State Action Items 

1:48:46 Closing & Disclaimers 

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### RESOURCES
Balaji 

https://twitter.com/balajis

The Network State

https://thenetworkstate.com/

Dashboard 

https://thenetworkstate.com/dashboard

Vitalik’s Review 

https://vitalik.ca/general/2022/07/13/networkstates.html#what-is-a-network-state

One Commandment

https://thenetworkstate.com/the-one-commandment

FDIC Insured Bank Charts & Fintech Tweets

https://twitter.com/balajis/status/1351068210930601984