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Conflict: Technological Progressives vs Technological Conservatives You can think of the “people of the Network” as technological progressives, and the “people of the State” as political progressives (charitably) or technological conservatives (perhaps more realistically).
Balaji Srinivasan • The Network State: How To Start a New Country
But pretty soon, Balaji's examples do start to point to some particular themes:
Vitalik Buterin • What do I think about network states?
Or consider Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey’s plan, announced in late 2019, “to develop an open and decentralized standard for social media” — one in which Twitter as we know it would be a mere client. Dorsey said that he saw potential in spreading out responsibility for moderation, recommendation and other processes that were becoming unwieldy under the... See more