Sublime

Their technology probably would have worked at scale, but it could have worked only at scale: it required every computer to join the network at the same time, and that was never going to happen.

C H A P T E R 8 The Great Unbundling

Kagle gently cautioned Beirne: “We all have our blind spots, right? Our greatest strength is our greatest weakness. And I think in this case, Dave, we’re all conscious of the fact that there’s a lot of marquee players around this thing. You’re all about marquee players. So we need to make sure that you’re not getting too colored by that relative to

As technology revolutionizes the tools we use, it also antiquates our laws, reshapes our morals, and alters our perceptions.

His influence stemmed not from his 16 percent ownership stake but from twenty-five years of prophetic invention, strategic foresight, and disciplined management.

The blockchain transforms the architecture of the Internet from the bottom up. Vitalik Buterin’s Ethereum transforms the network from an array of parochial hierarchies to a global heterarchy anchored in a new model of security. Austin Russell is bringing unique hardware innovations to a Valley full of vain software omnivores and centralized computi

Category managers realized they could now lose a sale to a competitor within the previously safe confines of their own store.

A disc: $20. A reputation for having every DVD and always being in stock: priceless.