Applying to a Network State

The Ideology Vector

Applying to Colleges, Companies, and Countries

Immigration Policy is Hiring Policy

The Crypto Profile (5)

• What are the parts of a crypto profile?
• Digital passport is what comes after digital currency
• How does a crypto profile work?
• Based on ENS - Register an ENS handle - We want to populate this container with evidence of alignment, intelligence,
• Here's what we want people to fill out
• Bidirectional link to Twitter/ENS, with Keybase-style authentication
• Further reading
• The Billion User Table - ENS Custom Records - Apps.ens.domains
• Call to action: set up crypto profile as part of augmented TNS application

The Application Process

• Problem
• to make the map real you need a tribe to make it real with you - You probably don't want to live together with N random people from Twitter... - ...but your N closest friends online --- maybe so! - the age of social networks is over, the age of single-tribe networks is beginning
• Solution
• All content is free, but community is behind login - You have to apply to join a network state --- it's not like 2004 - The focus is no longer getting everyone online, it's getting everyone aligned
• Why an application form, not a signup form?
• From tech companies to tech communities - From social networks to single-tribe networks - Slack, Discord, Subreddits, forums, FB groups are single-tribe networks with a moderator - Twitter / 4chan are many-tribe networks - Our thesis is that N communities work where one community doesn't - Link to Masnick, Noah Smith, etc - Essentially, all the pre-existing offline communities got networked together, creating many new friends and rivals, resulting in a new set of de facto borders --- and the physical world is just going to have to catch up
• So you apply to
• be a member (to attend meetups) - be an organizer (to host meetups) - be a founder (if we open this up --- what would you build?) - And we put you on a waitlist - Set expectation: it may be weeks or months before we get back to you - But the meantime you can read all the free content - And view your status on your profile - No employees of US media corporations - you'll be asked whether you are one, and can't apply if you are
• What about founding your own network state?
• Currently we have just one NS, but we'll eventually have N - We'll have a TNS builder eventually - That's why we mentioned that in your application you can select being a founder [show visual] - But we want to get to a certain scale with the first network state before we open it up more broadly
• What are we filtering for?
• Are these the first 10, 100, 1000, 10000 people to build a new country? - Very specifically, are these organizers as those will help build TNS in each location?
• The application selects for three things
• Alignment --- first and foremost, are they values aligned? - Values, personality, endorsements - Personality and values quizzes are important to figure out whether you fit with the others, and what groups might be better for you - Maybe pull scissor statements up front, if they're necessary scissors - Intelligence --- are they smart - Are they adding capital to the community --- social or economic - Diligence --- are they hard working and conscientious? - The alignment part will be the most different between different network states --- someone who's highly aligned with the vegan one will be disaligned with the carnivore one - Alternative phrasing: allegiance, intelligence, diligence - Allegiance is a strong word --- pros and cons. One benefit of using it up front is that it does signal what the stakes are. Are you pledging allegiance to a new country in your head? That may mean at some point abandoning the old one, or having dual citizenship. - "Alignment, intelligent, diligent" - [alignment, ability, activity] - [ideology, ability, regularity]
• Call to action: fill out the TNS application