The Network State: How Balaji Is Rethinking the World (with Christopher Treble)

Episode 42: David Kunze
(https://www.linkedin.com/in/david-kunze) and Dennis Knodt
(https://www.linkedin.com/in/dennis-knodt) talk to Chris –
entrepreneur, mentor, and now 85 years old – about his experiment
at the Network School near Singapore. A place some call the new
Stanford, others a scam. Chris explains what the concept of the
“Network State” is all about, why he still attends AI workshops
at 85, how he thinks about investing in biologics, and why the
biggest shift in entrepreneurship might be this: power is moving
from the center back to the network. They also dive into
philosophy, the joy of living, and the big question: should we
even want to live forever?





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00:00 Intro


02:56 What is the Network School?


05:56 A month in a failed hotel resort


10:06 What’s the goal of the Network School?


16:06 Why Chris flew there in the first place


20:18 Politics, tax incentives & location logic


27:00 AI use cases, Bitcoin & early-stage
projects


32:02 The future of business & decentralization


44:48 Biologics investing & entrepreneurial
patience


50:04 Workout routine & thoughts on immortality


56:04 Takeaways & a philosophical closing
thought