# Unbundling the State **URL:** **By** Paul Matzko, Jason Kuznicki, Aaron Ross Powell **Published:** April 19, 2019 --- Jason Kuznicki discusses how the problem of political authority has evolved over time from a classical liberal perspective. Jason Kuznicki joins us again to discuss the problem of political authority. His new book, [_Technology and the End of Authority: What is Government For?_](https://www.amazon.com/Technology-End-Authority-What-Government/dp/3319486918) , examines the relationship between the state and technology over time. Technological developments may make the state more or less necessary over time, which is a consideration that is relatively new in the history of political philosophy, but increasingly important. What is the state? What is a nation? What is the difference between 'the state' and government? Why do libertarians oppose coercion? How has the state evolved over time? What is the 'bundle theory' of the state? ## Further Reading: [Technology and the End of Authority: What is Government For?](https://www.amazon.com/Technology-End-Authority-What-Government/dp/3319486918), written by Jason Kuznicki [Max Weber's Theory of the Modern State,](https://www.palgrave.com/us/book/9781137364890) written by Andreas Anter [The Republic](http://classics.mit.edu/Plato/republic.html), written by Plato ## Related Content: [Recognizing the State for What It Is](https://www.libertarianism.org/blog/recognizing-state-what-it-is), written by Aaron Ross Powell [Understanding the Modern State](https://www.libertarianism.org/columns/understanding-modern-state), written by David S. D'Amato [Private Lives and Public Education,](https://www.libertarianism.org/blog/private-lives-public-education) written by Jason Kuznicki