Yes, Zuckerberg might be the only roboticon on the planet who could have made an earthshattering announcement like Meta’s feel more cringe than exciting. But $10 billion per year is a mammoth, necessary investment that will lay the foundation for the metaverse much like the rollout of fiberoptics in the early aughts. Meta could brute force the path... See more
The hard reality is that $ₐ is much much greater than $ᵤ for an enormous number of media experiences. It was never the lack of micro-payment solutions that meant advertising for content had to exist; it’s merely the fact that $ₐ > $ᵤ for most users on many services. Thus, facilitating seamless payment via tokens doesn’t necessarily impact the... See more
Some people are hard to hold accountable because they are so helpful. Others because they get defensive. Others because they are intimidating. I don’t think it’s easy to hold anyone accountable, not even your own kids
Search engines — the window into the web for many people — top their results with pages containing thousands of words of auto-generated nothingness, perfectly optimized for search engine prominence and to pull in money via ads and affiliate links while simultaneously devoid of any useful information.
Social networks have become “the web” for many... See more