This ungovernable “post-sovereign” world, in the words of the political scientist Wendy Brown, will go far beyond a sense of near-term fragility; it will be instead a long-term macro-trend toward deep instability grinding away over decades. The first result will be massive new concentrations of power and wealth that reorder society.

Network is the Next Leviathan When we say that the Network is the next Leviathan, which we can abbreviate as “Network > State” it is useful to give specifics.