I read the "Network State in One Sentence" page. Is there a real world example of this or is this just fantasy? The only thing I can think of is drug cartels.
> "The publisher of this work is 1729. It’s named after the Ramanujan number, which symbolizes for us the dark talent: all those people from the middle of nowhere, passed over by the establishment, with crazy-but-correct ideas, who could do great things if only given the opportunity. These are exactly the kinds of people who we expect will found startup societies and network states."
I read the "Network State in One Sentence" page. Is there a real world example of this or is this just fantasy? The only thing I can think of is drug cartels.
> "The publisher of this work is 1729. It’s named after the Ramanujan number, which symbolizes for us the dark talent: all those people from the middle of nowhere, passed over by the establishment, with crazy-but-correct ideas, who could do great things if only given the opportunity. These are exactly the kinds of people who we expect will found startup societies and network states."
All you need for the 1729 result is a spreadsheet (sum table of cubes). Not as mysterious through direct computation.