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In recent years, we’ve seen the rise of spatial audio, Apple AirPods, digital walkie talkies, audio-based meditation and mindfulness services like Headspace (I’m an investor), and social audio experiences like Discord and Clubhouse.

This is Pipe’s flywheel and network effect: more bids → better prices → more companies → more bids.

Launching a new platform, Zhu said, was like starting a new country: Getting users to move from an established network that had an ossified economy and social classes to a new network requires the possibility of success—the lure of the American Dream. Furthermore, the new social network had to create upward mobility for all users, to “make sure the... See more

That one is the fact that as technology and information play a bigger role in business and our lives, labor becomes less necessary

-Dark web and black market payments: a payments layer for those who require anonymity and censorship-resistance.