Michel’s Substack: Fourth Generation Civilization

Michel’s Substack: Fourth Generation Civilization

The Network State in Context

On the essential contrast between the post-universalist Civilization States, Networked Sovereignty, and the Archipelago of Regenerative Projects

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Michel Bauwens
Oct 21, 2025
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“ the Network State is no longer an aspiration. It is an active, instantiated movement, a new geopolitical layer in a world where old layers are visibly fraying.” (Parallel Citizens)

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