The default trajectory leads towards intellectual nerds, purchasing on their own and using Roam privately. This is typical of Roam’s current usage patterns, but won’t satisfy Roam’s investors. The swerve leads towards organizational collaboration, network effects, and enterprise customers.
Where games mostly fall short is that they’re not that transferable to the real world. The skills you learn are highly specific to that game. This will change: if you have games that are (a) fun and (b) accurate for some aspects of reality, such as KSP or Factorio, you do get learning that is real and transferable. The challenge is in making games ... See more
Governance minimized protocols will see the most use. It is the core attribute which kicks off the positive feedback loop between trust and adoption as a standard. It also puts powerful, basic tools in the hands of all creators, generating more opportunity and faster progress for the entire crypto ecosystem.
Ezra: I'm convinced that an Internet where you can have ownership and scarce goods is a big deal. My skepticism is that people have mistaken a power problem for a technological problem. I don't understand what about the technology changes the desire for the customer that wants ease of use, simplicity, and that platform developing escalating power (... See more