Read Write Own: Building the Next Era of the Internet
The tool helps a service reach a critical mass, at which point network effects can kick in.
Chris Dixon • Read Write Own: Building the Next Era of the Internet
blockchains are a new class of computer, one you can’t put in your pocket or on your desk, as you might with a smartphone or laptop.
Chris Dixon • Read Write Own: Building the Next Era of the Internet
This simple design decision—giving users full control of their names—keeps businesses honest. It restrains Amazon and other companies, forcing them to offer competitive services at competitive prices.
Chris Dixon • Read Write Own: Building the Next Era of the Internet
The internet is probably the most important invention of the twentieth century.
Chris Dixon • Read Write Own: Building the Next Era of the Internet
a modern iPhone has more than 15 billion transistors, compared with a 1993 desktop PC, which has only about 3.5 million.
Chris Dixon • Read Write Own: Building the Next Era of the Internet
On the one hand, a corporate network’s complements help grow the network and strengthen its network effect. On the other hand, a corporate network’s complements can siphon away revenue that might otherwise have gone to the network owner.
Chris Dixon • Read Write Own: Building the Next Era of the Internet
Doing new things requires leaps of imagination.
Chris Dixon • Read Write Own: Building the Next Era of the Internet
The structure of a network guides how that network will evolve and where wealth and power accumulate.
Chris Dixon • Read Write Own: Building the Next Era of the Internet
The web was never just supposed to be a one-way publishing system, but the first decade of the web has been dominated by a tool which has been read-only—the web browser,” he wrote.