Chris Dixon on Read Write Own
Read Write Own (readwriteown.com) is a new book by Chris Dixon, general partner at Andreessen Horowitz (a16z) and founder of the largest crypto fund in the world. It’s an important work that is simultaneously the best crypto tutorial for newcomers and an accessible reference for experts. Balaji and Chris are long-time friends and worked together at a16z for years. Here they discuss Read Write Own and the state of crypto in 2024.
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0:20 – Read Write Own
5:04 – Why Books Are Much Harder than Essays
11:43 – Five Sections of Read Write Own
17:49 – Open RSS vs Proprietary Social
25:36 – Every Protocol Gets Global State
32:10 – Web3 Helps Developers
35:10 – Proprietary Network Lockdown
38:30 – Crypto Subsidizes Creatives
42:34 – Online Status and Virtual Goods
43:56 – Own Usernames like Domain Names
47:35 – What Digital Ownership Means
48:32 – You Don’t Own Kindle Ebooks
58:11 – Collaborative Storytelling
1:01:07 – Digital Identity
1:09:24 – A Sincere Long Form Discussion
AUDIO
Apple: https://bit.ly/3udD08T
Spotify: https://bit.ly/3HB7qoD
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Love the part at the beginning where he explains dns and web1
it really proves my thesis that web2.5 gonna be huge
No mention of nostr. What a shame.
balaji if your on nyc chris is at googles offices giving a huge thing thursday 130pm-4pm. please come!
Composability? SEE PROGRIUM’s Tractor and Wanix.
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I still miss Google Reader to this day
Great insights ✌🏼 💯
If blockchain is so useful, how come no one uses it?
This is my refutation of the usefulness of blockchain and decentralized databases/systems. It's been around long enough for significant user adoption to have occurred – if it were truly NET value-add, and truly NET useful for users.
I'm sympathetic to the aspirations and the (libertarian) values of independence, self-control, and decentralization behind much of the blockchain movement. But the costs/benefits balance just doesn't work – the proof of this is the lack customer adoption. It kind of reminds me of Marxism – good in theory in an ideal world but just does not work well in practice. Sorry.
I feel like I’m watching Chris through the peephole on my front door. 😂 Good interview!
bada bing!
Chris is a smart guy
OK the 2 OGs on a podcast? Instant Click … Wish this was a 4hr long version
It's called NOSTR
Verus Protocol is going to fill all the gaps that are in this crypto sphere and is already ready for use
Please launch paperback in India
Hey Balaji you probably know by now but there is a freeze at 13:37 both on YT and Spotify
Awesome to have the two people together that have most shaped my view on crypto. Already preordered the book and amped for it to come out!
This Balaji guy seems pretty smart, he should start a network state