188! Network States

Published: Sept. 6, 2022, 10 a.m.

Would you join a country that started online first?\xa0This week, special guest Eric Ferrer-Vaughn joins Joey and Jess to talk about Web3, blockchain, Balaji Srinivasa, network states, Neom, and zero-knowledge proofs. They don\u2019t talk about *NSYNC.\xa0references\xa0* As always, Neal:\xa0Snow Crash\xa0|\xa0The Diamond Age\xa0* Free State Project (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Free_State_Project)\xa0* Balaji Srinivasan's\xa0The Network State\xa0* Jerusalem Post:\xa0How Satmar Hasidim used liberal values to create an American theocracy (https://www.jpost.com/opinion/article-693920)\xa0* Neom (https://www.bloomberg.com/features/2022-mbs-neom-saudi-arabia/)\xa0* Computer Scientist Explains Zero-Knowledge Proofs in 5 Levels of Difficulty (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fOGdb1CTu5c)\xa0* The Consilience Project (https://consilienceproject.org/)\xa0* Daniel Schmachtenberger\xa0on exponential technology (https://www.thealternative.org.uk/dailyalternative/2021/4/26/schmachtenberger-consilience-project)\xa0* Mike Cannon-Brookes and Australian Power (https://theconversation.com/australias-biggest-carbon-emitter-buckles-before-mike-cannon-brookes-so-what-now-for-agls-other-shareholders-183534)