Well, Scott says that with advent of modern nation state, things have changed (and thus probably not many young people). That's why we have cryptoanarchy, because as attack vectors changed, so have to change the defense tactics.

Anyway very cool you've lived there, I would be excited to hear more about it. I've been to quite a few of these myself (Yunnan / Xishuangbanna, Laos, Cambodia, northern Thailand), it's fascinating, especially if you consider the terrain and the fact that people really used to live there 😉 .

I enjoyed also his other books (Seeing like the State, Against the Grain).