Billing itself as 'a frontier community for techno-optimists,' the Network School reportedly grew out of entrepreneur and investor Balaji Srinivasan's conviction that the United States is in irreversible decline; Srinivasan has said his goal is 'to start a new country.' So the Network School is supposed to represent the first step in a seven-stage plan (outlined in Srinivasan's book 'The Network State') for building a new society. Based in an abandoned Malaysian hotel, the WSJ described the program as 'part tech incubator, part self-improvement retreat.' Attendees, however, complained about moldy rooms, as well as a dearth of women and nightlife. After receiving questions from the WSJ, Srinivasan ' who apparently renounced his American citizenship in 2023 ' published a lengthy post on X declaring himself 'a proud Singaporean' and complaining that the WSJ was working on a 'hit piece' that would make him look like 'an odd duck ['] as opposed to an early adopter.'
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