Network States

What is the business model for network states? 

@balajis.eth has a great chart showing subscription revenue ($100s - 1000s / person-year) in between current consumer products and existing state taxes

What goods/services can be provided to a network of people that justify this cost?

building a network city @cabin | jonhillis.com

I think some sort of healthcare especially for a longevity focused network state is a really interesting idea.

I agree—fraternal orders of the turn of the 20th century built the first social safety nets for life & health insurance! Seems like it could be a good analogy for network cities/states today. But healthcare is now a heavily regulated/state centric industry. How do you avoid the quagmire?

Presumably the longevity community wouldn’t be focused on treatment, but rather prevention, so things like getting blood drawn and shipping it off to a lab would be feasible.  I’m not well informed on specifics of regulation though.

this makes sense -- prevention is mostly outside the realm of healthcare in the US today (which sucks in many ways but is good in this way)