Building a Digital Nation with Chika Uwazie from Afropolitan | Overpriced JPEGs #61

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Timestamps:
0:00 Intro
3:59 What Is a Network State?
6:28 Learning From The Federalist Papers
7:44 Focusing on the African Diaspora
9:49 Chinatown and US Embassies Are Blueprints
11:40 Establishing a Shared Ideology
13:33 Phase One: Build a Network
16:04 Abundance as a Core Principle
19:02 Phase Two: Build a Platform
20:16 What Kind of Super App Is It?
22:23 Phase Three: Minimum Viable State
26:40 How Is Governance Decided?
27:50 Why the Why Is Important
29:44 A Collaborative Constitution
30:45 The First NFT Drop
32:18 Phase Four: Seeking Diplomatic Recognition
35:16 The Future of Network States
38:21 Africa's Rapid Crypto Adoption
44:34 How Colonial Rule Is Still In Effect
47:55 The Global Impact of African Talent
51:58 Afropolitan's Community-Funded Beginnings
54:18 What Is the Legal Structure?
55:43 How Do VCs Back a New Country?
58:06 Dealing With the Doubters
59:10 Outro and How To Get Involved
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Resources:
Afropolitan Site: https://www.afropolitan.io/citizen 

Chika Uwazie’s Twitter: https://twitter.com/chikauwazie 
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