The Transnational Technocrat: Srinivasan's Network State Dreams Collide with Reality Balaji Srinivasan's vision for a "network state" – a decentralized, borderless entity driven by global tech sector energies – has been put to the test in Malaysia.
The controversy surrounding his Network School serves as a microcosm for tensions between globalization and local control.
Initially welcomed by Malaysian officials as a way to attract global tech talent, Network School offered an alternative to traditional undergraduate education.