network state
network state noun: a hypothetical community of common interest on the Internet that digitally crowdfunds physical territory around the world, eventually becoming large enough to be legally recognized as a sovereign entity.
Noun
network state (plural network states)
- A hypothetical community of common interest on the Internet that digitally crowdfunds physical territory around the world, eventually becoming large enough to be legally recognized as a sovereign entity.
- Hypothetically, Srinivasan suggests network states for people who eat specific diets (kosher, keto), for people who don’t like FDA regulation, for people who don’t like cancel culture, for people who want to live like Benedictine monks, for people who might want to limit internet use by putting...2024 February 5, Kaitlyn Tiffany, “Meet Me in the Eternal City”, in The Atlantic, →ISSN
Forms of network state
| plural | network states |
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Origin of network state
Coined by American entrepreneur and investor Balaji Srinivasan in The Network State (2022).
Questions about network state
- What does network state mean?
- Network state means a hypothetical community of common interest on the Internet that digitally crowdfunds physical territory around the world, eventually becoming large enough to be legally recognized as a sovereign entity.
- What part of speech is network state?
- Network state is a noun.
- What is the plural of network state?
- The plural of network state is network states.
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