The _network state_ idea has it that they start on the internet, then migrate into meatspace in waves; in their meatspace incarnations they would have contract enforcement, including property rights, etc.

I should catch up on the state of this, the degree to which anything resembling the idea exists in the world.  Not sure -- it would be primitive, if so.  It's more a theoretical idea of how human organization at scale could be accomplished.

elvismercury

mostly_harmless

The network state and the hyper-spherical economy

It is an interesting concept, network state. My main question is how are property rights defined?  Are people expected to relocate to new geographies to form these network states or are they entirely on the internet?  I can't imagine any state system working without strong property rights as they are fundamental to free markets. 