Crypto Quentin and Non-Fungible Taylor
NFTs will not replace copyright law. They will make it redundant.
GitHub for X
The 2020s will do to knowledge work what the 2010s did to unskilled labor.
Crypto and the Conservation of Centralization
You can't decentralize the web. At best, you can kill old winners and pick new ones. Here's how.
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Invisible Hierarchies
In the War for Talent, crypto is an unconventional weapon. We need to spend more time thinking about collateral damage.
Money and Beauty.
2008 turned "wealth" into a bad word, and undermined trust in financial and political institutions. The 2020s are offering an alternative approach.
Crypto Rorschach Test
Technology is nothing but an opportunity to change. The final outcome is (still) up to us.
Clones and Colonizers
The most precious resources of the 21st Century are human creativity and attention. The colonizers are coming to get yours. Here's how to save your soul.
Andreessen Pulls a Bezos
Cheap money and power-law profits are killing venture funds and birthing venture firms.
Leaving Yourself at Home
As work becomes more personal and creative, demand for alternative personalities will increase.