Today I talk about what I learned spending a year trying to build a Network State. Balaji’s book lit me up—the idea of starting new countries from the internet down felt like exactly what our generation needs. But building a tech startup this year taught me something crucial: you can’t build a tribe the same way you build software. One requires careful architecture, the other requires organic emergence.

I break down what I think the startup society movement is missing about how real civilizations form, and what we’re doing differently with the Academy Town project. If you’ve ever wondered why Praxis and netowork State visionaries get stuck on Discord servers instead of breaking ground, this one’s for you.

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