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I like to say that I write about media generally and journalism specifically because the industry is a canary in the coal mine when it comes to the impact of the Internet: text shifted from newsprint to the web seamlessly, completely upending the industry’s business model along the way.Of course I have a vested interest in this shift: for better or... See more

That’s why I loved her decision to pull out of Spotify. Taylor Swift is not some sort of Luddite futilely standing against the forces of modernity; rather, she is a highly differentiated content creator capturing the immense value she is creating instead of ceding it to an aggregator that treats every piece of content the same.

Jim Cramer, who coined the “FANG” acronym as a descriptor for the high-flying Facebook, Amazon, Netflix, and Google group of tech stocks that have dramatically outperformed the market, made clear yesterday that his endorsement wasn’t necessarily connected to the underlying companies:A note on these stocks. I picked them largely because over the... See more

What we’ll cover:The “internet” vs. “the blockchain” — a basic mental modelWhat is Web3, and why is it important?Where are we in the life cycle? (Hint: very, very early)Three investment areas in the core building blocks of Web3: DeFi, NFT picks and shovels, DAOsThree predictions for 2022