Network Nations Ep:1- Building Trust at Scale β A New Season with Primavera & Felix Beer
Description
New @greenpillnet season out now! π
Hosted by Primavera De Filippi and Felix Beer, this episode kicks off a new Greenpill Mini-Series exploring Network Nations β translocal communities that use technology, shared culture, and bottom-up governance to organize beyond borders.
They discuss how Network Nations differ from Network States, the roots of this idea in commons-based governance, and how digital sovereignty, culture, and Web3 tools can empower civil society to act collectively across the world.
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π Timestamps
00:00 β Cold startΒ
01:05 β Welcome to the new season hosted by Primavera De Filippi & Felix Beer
02:30 β What are Network Nations and why they matter
03:50 β Network Nations vs Network States: key differences
05:00 β Season formats: Deep Dives and Community Spotlights
06:00 β Origins of the Network Nations concept
07:40 β Early gatherings: Zuzalu, EdgeCity, and Emerge Lakefront
09:30 β Bridging theory and practice: researchers meet practitioners
11:30 β Defining Network Nations: translocal and interconnected communities
12:30 β The meaning of translocality: networks that empower local nodes
14:00 β From online groups to shared culture and identity
15:20 β Networks of networks: building community at scale
16:50 β Internal vs external purpose: culture and collective impact
18:00 β Collective action as a way to strengthen community
19:10 β Balancing scale and trust: connecting networks and communities
20:50 β Building trust-rich relationships across global networks
23:00 β Case study 1: Burning Man as a translocal culture
25:00 β Case study 2: Regen Network and regenerative coordination
27:00 β Comparing cultural and infrastructural approaches
28:30 β Cross-pollination between Web3 and social movements
29:15 β Why use the word "Nation" instead of "Community"?
30:40 β Reclaiming the term "Nation" beyond nationalism
32:00 β Detaching nations from states: a new political lens
33:20 β Functional sovereignty: autonomy without territory
34:00 β Balaji's Network State model and its limitations
36:00 β The Network Nation's non-territorial approach to governance
38:00 β Communities coexisting with states through functional sovereignty
40:00 β Sovereignty as a collective good, not a product
42:00 β The commons as a third path beyond market and state
44:00 β Overlapping sovereignties vs exit-based systems
46:00 β How Web3 enables distributed governance infrastructures
48:00 β Independence from big tech and value-biased algorithms
50:20 β Empowering civil society through translocal coordination
52:00 β Network Nations as a meta-political framework
54:00 β Diversifying global governance and emerging experiments
55:00 β Building the Network Nations Alliance and community platform
57:00 β Beyond Web3: connecting bioregional and intentional communities
59:00 β How to get involved: calls, Telegram, and collaboration
01:00:20 β Closing reflections: building the next generation of network-native institutions























