The End of Programming as We Know It
Sierra
The Core Formula of Internet Businesses
If you don't have network effects, what other asset can you have to create a massive online business?
AI and Trust - Schneier on Security
Never-Ending Niches
The Internet changed how media competes to focus and quality, but quality is defined by your niche.
Publishers vs AI-Companies
Plus: Non-consensual AI-Porn / AI as a Collective Good / The Big Five of AI-ethics
Emergencies, Frameshifts and What They Tell Us About Our Place In The World
How becoming a person of place will sustain you in a warming world
Universal Basic Leisure
It makes economic sense to let people do whatever they want.
Let AI Steal Your Ideas
It might be the only way to protect them.
Design APIs for Disobedience. Components & Platforms to Empower… | by Simone Cicero | Stories of Platform Design
Components & Platforms to Empower Complex Ecosystems
Talent, Scarcity, and Culture
How does talent distribution impact corporate culture and the future of work?
Who Do The AI Genies Work For?
(Original Post on Searchblog)
About | Andreessen Horowitz
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AI and the Long Tail
AI can reduce inequality and polarization by making the internet less social.
The Only Crypto Story You Need, by Matt Levine
Where it came from, what it all means, and why it still matters.
Still In Praise of Ponzis
The bubble has popped, but pyramid schemes are more important than ever. If you want customers to notice you, you'll have to play along.
Is Conversational Media Dead?
Caveat: This will likely be one of my longish, link-heavy Thinking Out Loud pieces, so I invite you all to pour yourselves a glass of your…
The Talent Portfolio
Individual people are the next big asset class.
Market-Making on the Internet – Stratechery by Ben Thompson
More and more opportunities on the web come from market marking, not for advertisers, but for real goods and services paid for with real money.
Chris Anderson's The Long Tail Was Published 15 Years Ago. Does It Hold Up? | Marker
A decade and a half after the publication of Chris Anderson’s book, most creators have lost out to the aggregators
Ad Tech Could Be the Next Internet Bubble | WIRED
The scariest thing about microtargeted ads is that they just don’t work.