The Malaysian authorities has ordered the shutdown of a startup-centric group referred to as the Community Faculty, according to The Wall Street Journal.
Billing itself as “a frontier group for techno-optimists,” the Community Faculty reportedly grew out of entrepreneur and investor Balaji Srinivasan’s conviction that america is in irreversible decline; Srinivasan has mentioned his objective is “to begin a brand new nation.”
So the Community Faculty is meant to signify step one in a seven-stage plan (outlined in Srinivasan’s book “The Network State”) for constructing a brand new society. Based mostly in an deserted Malaysian resort, the WSJ described this system as “half tech incubator, half self-improvement retreat.” Attendees, nevertheless, complained about moldy rooms, in addition to a dearth of girls and nightlife.
After receiving questions from the WSJ, Srinivasan – who apparently renounced his American citizenship in 2023 — printed a lengthy post on X declaring himself “a proud Singaporean” and complaining that the WSJ was engaged on a “hit piece” that will make him appear like “an odd duck […] versus an early adopter.”
And though the present Malaysian campus will reportedly have to shut down because of licensing points, Srinivasan recently announced a brand new settlement for a campus in Kazakhstan.
