The Network Union

These couldn't be more different. But can we make them more similar? What would it look like to have something at the scale of Facebook-the-network, or even orders of magnitude smaller, that operated as effectively as Facebook-the-company?

There are significant gates on joining Facebook the company, and no gates whatsoever on joining Facebook the social network. To join Facebook the company, you need to pass a series of challenging interviews and then operate within an explicit hierarchy towards a leader-defined purpose. To join Facebook the social network you need only a pulse, and ... See more

Blockchains break network effects. Why? Because token upside is inversely proportional to network effect. You can now give early adopters a karma-like stake in the network to reward them for inviting others.