Network States

Was there any geopolitics discussion at the network state conf? Like, "what role should the network state movement have in the context of politics in many major countries worldwide going totally crazy, driving out talent and putting us at risk of an even-more-major war in the next 10 years?" or any similar questions?

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I wonder if it's right or wrong to eschew trad politics.

On the one hand you build a bigger coalition and avoid alienating anyone, but on the other hand you risk failing to discuss real-world issues that the movement needs to react to, and obscuring fault lines that might re-emerge in a more destructive way later

It's likely necessary. To operate at scale it will need to be recognized by the Westphalian model for a while. It will be similar to the beginnings of the modern era when empires, monarchies and nation-states all co-existed.

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I dunno, I think if gray plays we’re all friends it’s over before it started. I don’t think that pattern has ever worked for a group of humans over time, it just leaves them open for hostile takeovers

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Diplomacy is great, it’s a method of strategic engagement with unaligned interests which propose paths of merit to create alignment

So diplomacy assumes a baseline development of strategy with the Other and I was mostly commenting that starting with a lack of that is a concern to me

Say more. What pattern hadn't ever worked? Diplomatic co-existence?