Conceptually, I’m a fan of network states, but I have a disconnect:

What do network states uniquely export?

It seems the only compelling answer is products uniquely enabled by deregulation.

Cofounder axis.xyz (YC W22). Humans for the best machines for the rest. Interested in legibility and beauty.

IMO network states are about giving sovereignty to ever smaller and ever more physically distributed groups of people and low regulation / freedom from regulation is just one expression of some groups values that will prominently factor in many network states