The book · Coming soon
The Network Economy
Every episode of the podcast is a chapter. The book is the whole map — one unifying thesis: all of human history is a sequence of network upgrades.
By Shorupan
A history of networks
THENETWORK
ECONOMY
Shorupan
THE NETWORK ECONOMY · SHORUPAN
The map
Seven network upgrades — told end to end.
The podcast explores each era in depth, one episode at a time. The book connects them into one argument.
- I
The Family Network
c. 200,000 BCE
- II
Tribes & City-States
10,000 – 500 BCE
- III
Trade Routes
500 BCE – 1791
- IV
The Creation of the Dollar
1792 – 1890
- V
Card Payment Networks
1891 – 1968
- VI
The Internet
1969 – 2019
- VII
The Intelligence Network
2020 – NOW
- Epilogue
Brace yourself.