Network States

The "network" in network state should stand for network effect, which is how all states form: they marshal resources created by network effects and maintain control of them.

Technology has created opportunities for new kinds of network effects and eroded old ones — implying that there could be new kinds of states.

CTO @a16zcrypto, lover of https://github.com/a16z/awesome-farcaster

Great point. My thought - why isn't the most direct path to Network States through companies like Meta, Amazon, etc that operate huge networks bridging the physical and digital worlds?

Why is creating new states from scratch better?

Mainly because Meta, Amazon, etc don't have a product in the market... also I still have trust issues... realistic or not.