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Thomas Pynchon • Bleeding Edge
Pragmatic Chaos
Kyle Chayka • Filterworld
The fact that microprocessing helps to liberate and disperse the production process from the fixed sequence of the assembly line greatly reduces the leverage formerly enjoyed by coercive institutions like unions and governments. If the assembly line were like a railroad within factory walls that could easily be captured by a sit-down strike,
... See moreJames Dale Davidson, Lord William Rees-Mogg • The Sovereign Individual: Mastering the Transition to the Information Age
The Fragmentation Thesis The Sovereign Individual, written in 1999, is an incredible book that nailed many aspects of our digital future decades in advance, Bitcoin prime among them.
Balaji Srinivasan • The Network State: How To Start a New Country
Personal Dynamic Media Alan Kay and Adele Goldberg
Alan Kay • Personal Dynamic Media
it’s easier than ever to make content when that content is participatory/responsive to other content and built on top of it, whether through subtweets, TikTok responses, hard-forks, or composable smart contracts. In short, the shifts we’ve seen play out over the past decade in the creator economy are now transpiring in tech. Just as the rise of... See more
David Phelps • People are the New Platforms
The Big Whoosh (disclaimer, long read)
When you really boil down the entirety of what’s going on - the current state of the market boils down to one simple observation. The people buying the highs of the 1999 tech bubble were right. But they were too early.
Sama’s most recent interview... See more
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