4/15/25
I'm normally studying with a baby by my side on Mondays, but I read through the first four sections and noticed how open Mr. Srinivasan is to connection.
He knows how history and computers work, he's chosen a direction and knows it is just one in a world of ways to develop from the core objective of this idea (a type of network society).
Subjectively, he quickly identifies his position and develops the intro to his treatise on network states. What strikes me about the author is he seems to be humbly aware of what James C. Scott calls "state vision". With access to hundreds of millions of dollars, Mr. Srinivasan's estate is a powerful entity all by itself, but how states develop and maintain awareness is important to how they impose themselves on others.
Whether he realizes it or not, Mr. Srinivasan has followed Pekka Himanen's open-source, Hacker Ethic. He placed the idea immediately in the public sphere for others to develop freely while he pursues his subjective objectives with those who agree. This strategy breeds edge and linked communities which ultimately cultivate the environment for the truly objective part of Srinivasan's plan.
Network theory in action