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Books like The Network State
The best books like The Network State are Zero to One: Notes on Startups, or How to Build the Future, The Sovereign Individual, and Political Order and Political Decay. The Network State by Balaji Srinivasan is about startup cities, political innovation, decentralization. If that's what drew you in, here are 12 books that share its DNA — each summarized on Superbook, and ready to chat with in the app.
- Zero to One: Notes on Startups, or How to Build the Future
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Zero to One: Notes on Startups, or How to Build the Future
Peter Thiel · Business
Zero to One began as notes from a Stanford course Thiel taught on startups in 2012, assembled into a book with co-author Blake Masters.
A kindred politics read.
Read the summary → - The Sovereign Individual
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James Dale Davidson & William Rees-Mogg · Economics
The Sovereign Individual, published in 1997, is a sweeping argument that the rise of digital technology and cryptographic money will break the monopoly nation-states have held over taxation, violence, and the terms of economic life.
Both dig into nation-states.
Read the summary → - Political Order and Political Decay
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Political Order and Political Decay
Francis Fukuyama · History
Political Order and Political Decay is the second volume of Francis Fukuyama's ambitious two-volume study of political development.
A kindred politics read.
Read the summary → - Why Nations Fail: The Origins of Power, Prosperity, and Poverty
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Why Nations Fail: The Origins of Power, Prosperity, and Poverty
Daron Acemoglu and James A. Robinson · Economics
Daron Acemoglu and James Robinson argue that the fundamental difference between rich and poor countries is not geography, culture, or bad luck.
A kindred politics read.
Read the summary → - The Road to Serfdom
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F. A. Hayek · Politics
The Road to Serfdom, published in 1944, is Friedrich Hayek's argument that central economic planning is incompatible with political freedom and will, regardless of intent, produce a form of totalitarianism.
A kindred politics read.
Read the summary → - Maverick
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Ricardo Semler · Business
Ricardo Semler inherited a Brazilian industrial manufacturer, Semco, from his father in the early 1980s and proceeded to dismantle almost every conventional management structure in it.
Both dig into decentralization.
Read the summary → - My Years with General Motors
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Alfred P. Sloan · Business
Alfred Sloan's account of his four decades building General Motors is one of the most influential management books ever written, though it reads less like a book and more like a carefully constructed argument.
Both dig into decentralization.
Read the summary → - The Business Blockchain
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William Mougayar · Business
William Mougayar's book was one of the first serious attempts to explain blockchain technology to a business audience rather than a technical one.
Both dig into decentralization.
Read the summary → - The Internet of Money
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Andreas Antonopoulos · Economics
The Internet of Money is a collection of talks Andreas Antonopoulos gave between 2013 and 2016, edited and compiled into a book that makes the case for Bitcoin not as a financial instrument or a speculation but as a fundamental architectural shift in how money works.
Both dig into decentralization.
Read the summary → - Hate, Inc.
- How Democracies Die
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Steven Levitsky and Daniel Ziblatt · Politics
Steven Levitsky and Daniel Ziblatt are Harvard comparative politics scholars who have spent their careers studying how democracies break down in Latin America and Europe.
A kindred politics read.
Read the summary → - Lee Kuan Yew: The Grand Master's Insights
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Lee Kuan Yew: The Grand Master's Insights
Graham Allison et al. · Politics
Lee Kuan Yew: The Grand Master's Insights compiles the views of Singapore's founding prime minister on the major strategic questions of the early twenty-first century.
A kindred politics read.
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Books like The Network State: quick answers
What are the best books like The Network State?
The best books like The Network State by Balaji Srinivasan are Zero to One: Notes on Startups, or How to Build the Future by Peter Thiel, The Sovereign Individual by James Dale Davidson & William Rees-Mogg, Political Order and Political Decay by Francis Fukuyama, Why Nations Fail: The Origins of Power, Prosperity, and Poverty by Daron Acemoglu and James A. Robinson, The Road to Serfdom by F. A. Hayek, plus 7 more below. Each was chosen for themes it shares with The Network State, such as startup cities, political innovation, decentralization.
What should I read after The Network State?
A natural next read after The Network State is Zero to One: Notes on Startups, or How to Build the Future by Peter Thiel. A kindred politics read. Other strong choices are The Sovereign Individual by James Dale Davidson & William Rees-Mogg, Political Order and Political Decay by Francis Fukuyama, Why Nations Fail: The Origins of Power, Prosperity, and Poverty by Daron Acemoglu and James A. Robinson.
What books are similar to The Network State by Balaji Srinivasan?
The Network State centers on startup cities, political innovation, decentralization. Books with a similar feel include Zero to One: Notes on Startups, or How to Build the Future by Peter Thiel, The Sovereign Individual by James Dale Davidson & William Rees-Mogg, Political Order and Political Decay by Francis Fukuyama, Why Nations Fail: The Origins of Power, Prosperity, and Poverty by Daron Acemoglu and James A. Robinson, The Road to Serfdom by F. A. Hayek, Maverick by Ricardo Semler — all free to read and chat with on Superbook.
