Network Nations
Description
Network Nations Workshop:
"“Network Nations” are:
(1) interdependent political communities
(2) united by shared aspirations, values and culture
(3) leveraging networked technologies
(4) to govern themselves, mutualise resources and engage in collective action,
(5) in a sovereign manner (i.e. independent layer alongside existing jurisdictions)
Network Nations aim to provide an institutional framework for emergent political communities of kinship to govern and coordinate themselves through networked technologies, creating new layers of sovereignty that subsist beyond the reach of nation states and private corporations. By acknowledging, and at times even furthering, their interdependencies — with one another, and other political actors — Network Nations can contribute to more effectively tackling global governance challenges that require global coordination.
Indeed, by reintroducing a sense of belonging to communities that people genuinely want to "live for," Network Nations strive to rebuild trust among individuals and provide hope that they and their communities have a meaningful voice and role in the political arena."
(private Google doc, October 2024)
More information
Books:
More Everything Forever: AI Overlords, Space Empires, and Silicon Valley’s Crusade to Control the Fate of Humanity by Adam Becker. Basic Books, 2025. 384 pages.
The Hidden Globe: How Wealth Hacks the World by Atossa Araxia Abrahamian. Riverhead Books, 2024. 336 pages.
Children of a Modest Star: Planetary Thinking for an Age of Crises by Jonathan S. Blake and Nils Gilman. Stanford University Press, 2024. 326 pages.