Read Write Own
- Author Chris Dixon
- Narrator Robert Petkoff
- Publisher Cornerstone
- Run Time 8 hours and 10 minutes
- Format Audio
- Genre Computing and Information Technology, Digital and information technologies: social and ethical aspects, Digital or internet economics, Distributed ledgers, History of engineering and technology, Impact of science and technology on society, Internet: general works, Science: general issues.
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What to expect
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What will the internet of the future look like?
The internet of today is a far cry from its early promise of a democratic network of unbridled innovation. In the last decade, it has fallen under the control of a small number of monopolistic companies like Apple, Google and Facebook; companies that limit the creative potential of the internet while seizing its proceeds for themselves.
There is an alternative. Tech pioneer Chris Dixon has long advocated for a technology that can revive the dream of an open, entrepreneurial internet: blockchain networks. Often dismissed, sometimes vilified, these networks have until recently been dominated by amoral speculators and get-rich-quick schemes. But, more quietly, a group of visionaries have been using them to build the future.
In Read Write Own, Dixon draws on 25 years at the vanguard of tech innovation to explore how blockchains will change the internet. He starts by introducing the three eras of the web. First came the ‘read’ era, in which the earliest networks democratized information – creating an anarchic playground for bloggers, coders and artists. Next came the ‘read-write’ era, in which sprawling corporations democratized publishing – turning us all into small-time content creators but offering us few of the rewards.
We are now entering the ‘read-write-own’ era, sometimes called web3, in which blockchain networks have begun to democratize ownership – returning power and economic benefit to all who use the internet. And it is an internet we can all help create. Lucid and practical, Read Write Own offers both a vision of a better internet and a playbook for how to realise it.
©2024 Chris Dixon (P)2024 Penguin Audio
Critics Review
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Read this book to understand a compelling vision of where the internet should go and how to get there
SAM ALTMAN, CEO, OpenAI -
A must for anyone who wants to better understand the real potential of blockchains and web3 to drive even greater innovation, inspire more imaginative thinking, and ultimately unlock new growth opportunities in the future
BOB IGER, CEO, Disney -
This is a pivotal moment for the internet. Chris Dixon’s fascinating book offers a refreshing and radical new take at a time when we need fresh thinking more than ever
MUSTAFA SULEYMAN, co-founder of DeepMind and Inflection and author of The Coming Wave -
Whether you’re already interested in crypto or just curious about blockchains, web3, & the future of the internet, this is the definitive book about the industry
EMILIE CHOI, President and Chief Operating Officer, Coinbase -
This book changed my mind . . . The best positive case for crypto I’ve seen
KEVIN KELLY, founding editor Wired
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