The future
There’s a two-sided bubble at play here, too. The Trump Administration is telling people that it will be easier to build, invest in, and accomplish big things, which is already making people more excited to build, invest in, and accomplish big things. The more energy and excitement there is behind what people are building, the easier it will be for... See more
Packy McCormick • The Trump Bubble
Web4 noun (pronunciation: /wɛb fɔːr/)
- The fourth generation of the web, combining the social interactivity of Web2, the decentralized autonomy of Web3, and the intelligent capabilities of AI to create a fully interconnected digital ecosystem.
- The AGI web.
jeffy yu • Web4: We Are AGI
What you find here is that at a high level, highly resistant assets are by definition likely to share attributes of being decentralized, scarce, and timeless. This is the radical way we must imagine portfolio theory. We must live our lives within institutions for the most part (60%), but we also need to live our private lives away from such institu... See more
Jeff Park • The Radical Portfolio Theory
Then came the mobile revolution. With the release of the iPhone in 2007, the internet became ubiquitous, accessible anytime, anywhere. This gave birth to a whole new wave of mobile applications, social sharing platforms, and real-time services, like Instagram (2010) and Snapchat (2011). The web had evolved from a desktop experience to a mobile-firs... See more
jeffy yu • Web4: We Are AGI
Web3 was born out of a desire to decentralize the control and ownership that characterized Web2. It was a response to the centralization and monopolistic tendencies of the Web2 era, where a few giant corporations held the reins of power.
The core principle of Web3 was simple: users should have ownership and control over their data, digital assets, a... See more
The core principle of Web3 was simple: users should have ownership and control over their data, digital assets, a... See more
jeffy yu • Web4: We Are AGI
A “40%” allocation within this construct can include investment expressions like AI or culture assets, poker/sports gambling income, biotech IP: these assets transform energy-intensive labor into income without leverage, and high payouts.
Jeff Park • The Radical Portfolio Theory
Asking “What problems do blockchains solve?” is like asking “What problems does steel solve over, say, wood?” You can make a building or railway out of either. But steel gave us taller buildings, stronger railways, and more ambitious public works at the outset of the Industrial Revolution. With blockchains we can create networks that are fairer, mo... See more
Chris Dixon • 16 insights from New York Times bestseller Read Write Own - a16z crypto
- First, we must accept that there is no absolute truth in social sciences like economics. We believe the opposite of misinformation is not truth, but rather state-controlled information - where narratives are crafted to align with authority, rather than being inherently true or false. One person’s martyr is another’s terrorist; one person's coloniza
Jeff Park • The Radical Portfolio Theory
As the role of the individual in value creation becomes more commonplace, the next evolutionary step is toward software that is not only built, operated, and funded by individual users—but owned by users too.