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On Nation States | The Network State

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To understand Network States, we must first understand Nation States.

On Nation States | Network State On Nation States You may think you know what a nation state is, but you probably haven't given it much thought. Poke on the abstraction a bit, and fun ensues. You start realizing how different the nation is from the state, how tricky it is to determine who qualifies as a "nation," how confusing our modern terminology around this topic is, and how many other modes of human organization represent potential competitors to the nation state. That exploration opens the door to the network state. In the process, you'll encounter all those philosophers people vaguely r

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