This user just joined HN, 1 hour ago and has 3 points. This is literally astroturf. No comments. No discussion.
Looking at the merits of this ... idea. Sure sounds dystopian to me. Just look at the Appendix for '1729'.
> "Crazy-but-correct ideas..."
Who says this is correct? The person writing the sentence?
"A network state is a social network with a moral innovation, a sense of national consciousness, a recognized founder..."
Whose morals? What national consciousness? A recognized founder? You mean a single monarch? These are all within the first part of that paragraph. Which means they have huge importance.
Here's how I read this:
"We don't like being just CEOs of companies, we want to own our own country too!"
Looking at the merits of this ... idea. Sure sounds dystopian to me. Just look at the Appendix for '1729'.
> "Crazy-but-correct ideas..."
Who says this is correct? The person writing the sentence?
"A network state is a social network with a moral innovation, a sense of national consciousness, a recognized founder..."
Whose morals? What national consciousness? A recognized founder? You mean a single monarch? These are all within the first part of that paragraph. Which means they have huge importance.
Here's how I read this:
"We don't like being just CEOs of companies, we want to own our own country too!"
Sure sounds fucked up to me.