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I wrote a book: Read Write Own I believe blockchains and the software movement around them – typically called crypto or web3 – provide the…
In his classic 2008 essay “1000 True Fans,” Kevin Kelly predicted that the internet would transform the economics of creative activities: To…
New technologies enable activities that fall into one of two categories: 1) doing things you could already do but can now do better because…
Blockchains are computers that can make commitments. Traditional computers are ultimately controlled by people, either directly in the case…
There are broadly two adoption paths for new computing technologies: inside-out and outside-in. Inside-out technologies are pioneered by…
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How a Chinese AI lab spun out of a hedge fund shook up the entire tech industry.
yes, Nothing Human now has a podcast!
Patrick interviews me; the energy transition; Americans die young; family and fertility; educating the poor; AI and growth
A longer and more chaotic follow-up conversation in which Andrew and I dive into the weeds of our differing approaches to solving coordination.
The Chinese app has just “blown the roof off” and “shifted the power dynamics.”
