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Malaysia is reportedly shutting down Balaji Srinivasan’s Network School
TechCrunch • • world
Key Points:
- The Malaysian government has ordered the shutdown of the Network School, a startup-focused community described as a "frontier community for techno-optimists."
- The Network School was founded by entrepreneur Balaji Srinivasan, who envisions it as the first step in a seven-stage plan to build a new society, detailed in his book "The Network State."
- Located in an abandoned Malaysian hotel, the program combined elements of a tech incubator and self-improvement retreat, but attendees reported poor living conditions and a lack of social amenities.
- Srinivasan, who renounced his American citizenship in 2023 and now identifies as a Singaporean, accused The Wall Street Journal of preparing a negative "hit piece" on the project.
