184 sats \ 2 replies \ @nullcount 10 Nov 2023 \ on: Balaji Srinivasan’s “Network States” bitcoin
Balaji's network states are not a new concept. He's just the latest to revisit the idea in light of recent events and culture.
Its a concept as old as cypherpunk itself. This 2001 book is a collection of essays with some as old as 1980's.
https://pictures.abebooks.com/inventory/md/md31060884067.jpg
Also the cyberpunk fiction of William Gibson and Neal Stephenson takes place in imaginary cyberstaes.
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0 sats \ 1 reply \ @kr OP 10 Nov 2023
will check it out, thanks!
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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @td 11 Nov 2023
Seriously good, both authors. My little brain was blown when I discovered that Neuromancer was released in 1984..
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