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Friend of the show Patrick Wyman (@Patrick_Wyman) joins the gang to talk about ancient state formation… and also a strange book written by a venture capitalist about how this entity called The Network (him and his friends) will replace God and the State as the Leviathan of 21st century society. It’s both History and Hegel with a head injury, folks!

Check out Tides of History here: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/tides-of-history/id1257202425

And check out Patrick’s book THE VERGE here: https://www.twelvebooks.com/titles/patrick-wyman/the-verge/9781538701171/

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Fluffythecruel

Dude is trying to invent Mr Lee's Greater Hong Kong but with crypto.

Amy

Just came back from the live show and that was a banger and now i return home to another banger, powerful

Andrew Davis

Based on Patrick's reactions during this episode, I'm glad I listened while sick and sleep deprived.

Al

Reddit. It's where the boys are.

Martin

Libertarians Don't Reinvent An Existing Idea But Way Stupider Challenge (Impossible)

JerJin

14 minutes in, isn’t a member’s club that goes to the UN just the Knights of Malta??

Juliannek

Got excited because Riley said it was a serious book about state formation and I thought they were gonna talk about The Dawn of Everything but instead I just got psychic damage. Wouldn't have it any other way tho thanks guys ❤️

lil dove

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Tom Moffat

Leaving aside the crossfit jokes which are about a decade out of date, the worst part about this is that I read a book for children that makes a more coherent case about virtual states than he does, and that was 15 years ago

Nemo

You know a guy is sane and normal when he describes his vision of society as "a true peer to God"

Josep C.

This episode was an absolute blast. I'm. In a state. Of utter confusion. Wtfbbq

orc

throwing an Alex Rider reference in there under the radar

Olafo Waffle

Riley pulled a Joe and broke a guest.

etienne

those guys are trying to make XKCD 364 into a real thing

Radiance

Penny Arcade having their own state? Call that Pax Romana

otis

Did "retard" get bleeped?

FireFly

I swear, as much as I enjoy occasionally reading Neal Stephenson novels, we need bay area startup people to stop reading cyberpunk dystopias and treating it as gospel..

Martin

Just tricked a crypto guy into listening to this

Rach

The cops are closing in on me for murder but just before they kicked in my door I've gone online and switched to a different state so now they don't have jurisdiction and they've had to go home 🤷

Noblese Oblahaj

You cock the crypto gun by thumbing back the ape hammer