{"id":6211,"date":"2022-07-05T10:36:05","date_gmt":"2022-07-05T08:36:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2022\/07\/05\/could-new-countries-be-founded-on-the-internet-sam-venis\/"},"modified":"2022-07-05T10:36:05","modified_gmt":"2022-07-05T08:36:05","slug":"could-new-countries-be-founded-on-the-internet-sam-venis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2022\/07\/05\/could-new-countries-be-founded-on-the-internet-sam-venis\/","title":{"rendered":"Could new countries be founded \u2013 on the internet? | Sam Venis"},"content":{"rendered":"

Google\u2019s former chief technology officer wants to use social networks to create states. What doesn\u2019t fit into his vision are things like poverty, illness and ageing<\/p>\n

In The Network State,<\/em> a buzzy new book by Balaji Srinivasan, the former chief technology officer of Coinbase poses a devious question: how do you Larp a country into existence?<\/p>\n

Released provocatively this 4 July, the book presents Srinivasan\u2019s case for a new model of digital statehood run and managed in the cloud. A network state, as he describes it, is basically a group of people who get together on the internet and decide that they\u2019re going to start a country. With a social network to connect them, a leader to unite them, and a cryptocurrency to protect their assets, Srinivasan says a country can be born with laws, social services and all. A network state is a country that \u201canyone can start from your computer, beginning by building a following\u201d \u2013 not unlike companies, cryptocurrencies, or decentralized autonomous organizations (DAOs). In a world where billionaires can run companies larger than countries, Srinivasan asks, could such a state achieve recognition from the United Nations?<\/p>\n

Sam Venis is a writer based in New York<\/p>\n

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\nGoogle\u2019s former chief technology officer wants to use social networks to create states. What doesn\u2019t fit into his vision are things like poverty, illness and ageing
\nIn The Network State, a buzzy new book by Balaji Srinivasan, the former chief technology officer of Coinbase poses a devious question: how do you Larp a country into existence?
\nReleased provocatively this 4 July, the book presents Srinivasan\u2019s case for a new model of digital statehood run and managed in the cloud. A network state, as he describes it, is basically a group of people who get together on the internet and decide that they\u2019re going to start a country. With a social network to connect them, a leader to unite them, and a cryptocurrency to protect their assets, Srinivasan says a country can be born with laws, social services and all. A network state is a country that \u201canyone can start from your computer, beginning by building a following\u201d \u2013 not unlike companies, cryptocurrencies, or decentralized autonomous organizations (DAOs). In a world where billionaires can run companies larger than countries, Srinivasan asks, could such a state achieve recognition from the United Nations?
\nSam Venis is a writer based in New York Continue reading…Technology | The Guardian<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Google\u2019s former chief technology officer wants to use social networks to create states. What doesn\u2019t fit into his vision are things like poverty, illness and ageing In The Network State, a buzzy new book by Balaji Srinivasan, the former chief technology officer of Coinbase poses a devious question: how do you Larp a country into …<\/p>\n

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