# Fighting the Last War By [jer979](https://paragraph.com/@jer979-2) · 2022-10-12 --- We tend to think of wars in traditional military frameworks. Big guns. Planes. Ships. Etc. This century, however, the definition of war has expanded to include, for example, cyber warfare. I wonder if we are entering an era of Monetary Warfare. If you read Balaji’s book on the [Network State](https://amzn.to/3yuy0f5), it will start to make sense that the next attack on the traditional nation-state isn’t going to, necessarily, come from another nation-state (I guess I’m talking about the US here), but rather from the “cloud.” Digital-first, well-funded, beyond the reach of traditional financial blockades, the Network State will gradually erode the power of the Nation-State. display=iframe --- *Originally published on [jer979](https://paragraph.com/@jer979-2/fighting-the-last-war)*