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The Breakdown With NLW Episode

Networks vs. Governments: Could Crypto-Powered Digital Communities Challenge the Power of Cities and States?

A reading of Balaji Srinivasan’s essay “The Network Union.”

The Breakdown With NLW Episode
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Nathaniel Whittemore

Nathaniel Whittemore

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A reading of Balaji Srinivasan’s essay “The Network Union.”

This episode is sponsored by Nexo.io and Bitstamp.

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What exists between a Facebook group and a formal organization? Right now, not much. But in the future, Balaji Srinivasan argues, blockchain-powered communities will be able to exert the power to help them develop the polities of the future. On this “Long Reads Sunday,” NLW reads Balaji’s “The Network Union.”

See also: Balaji Srinivasan on Communist Capital vs. Woke Capital vs. Crypto Capital

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