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Finally, the new technologist does not limit themselves to the VC sprint arena of the past two decades. We believe that we will need to run for government offices with a platform around building products that work for constituents. We are comfortable and embrace roles in the public sector, financial industry, cultural industries, and more.
Reggie James • Political Expectations
Another idea: What if anybody could run an ad and receive payments once people clicked on/watched it?
Kevin Kelly • a16z Podcast: The Truth about 1000 True Fans + Pricing Our Attention | Andreessen Horowitz
Technologies can open political doors that ordinary politics may not open alone. We see this pattern in governments’ willingness to let ridesharing apps categorically violate labor law or for nuclear weapons to justify consolidating the authority of a chief executive.
Nathan Schneider • Governable Spaces: Democratic Design for Online Life
A rise in solo-capitalist tools & platforms
Anthony Pompliano • I'm Launching A New Fund...
among the Silicon Valley set by Peter Thiel, our wants tend to be borrowed from other people.
Byrne Hobart • Boom: Bubbles and the End of Stagnation
Media, Regulators, and Big Tech; Indulgences and Injunctions; Better Approaches
Ben Thompsonstratechery.com
In the past few years, startups like Substack, Patreon, and Shopify have created alternative ways for creators to build businesses online through direct transactions, rather than advertising. This shift exposed a simple fact: in an ad-driven world, creators were generally under-monetizing their audiences.
Andrew Chen • The Next Phase of Social? Listen Closely | Andreessen Horowitz
The democratization of technology allows anyone to be a creator, entrepreneur, scientist. The future is brighter.