Who recommended The Network State?

7 people have recommended The Network State in the interviews, articles and reading lists we track, including Naval Ravikant, Marc Andreessen, Brian Armstrong and Anthony Pompliano. Each name links to their full reading list.

Is The Network State worth reading?

7 people we track recommend it. It is best for: a founder of a crypto or decentralized protocol trying to convert an engaged user base into a real-world governance experiment — useful for tactical ideas and persuasive language to rally supporters; a community organizer running a large virtual cooperative who wants strategies to translate online coordination into physical territory or legal recognition — helpful for strategic framing and recruitment thinking; a master's or PhD student writing on alternatives to nation-states who needs a provocative, tech-savvy manifesto to critique, compare, or cite as a contemporary example. It may not suit: annoying if you prefer cautious, footnoted argumentation or dense empirical evidence rather than bold speculation and rhetorical momentum; you'll likely put it down when the narrative shifts into long hypothetical procedures and repeated evangelism — midbook manifesto repetitions are a common drop-off point; not a fit if you expected step-by-step legal templates or hands-on exercises; the book lacks practical legal checklists and operational playbooks.

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The Network State: Recommended by 7 People

Name: The Network State
Author: Balaji Srinivasan

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.This book introduces the concept of the network state: a country you can start from your computer,...