Chris Dixon & Tyler Cowen on Crypto, AI, and Philosophy

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🗓️ 23 June 2025

⏱️ 66 minutes

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In this episode, general partner Chris Dixon joins economist and author Tyler Cowen to explore the themes behind Chris’s book, Read, Write, Own: Building the Next Era of the Internet. They trace the internet’s evolution from open, decentralized beginnings to today’s consolidated platforms—and ask: how can we build something better? From stablecoins, tokenized payments, and open blockchains to AI's impact on coding, media, and politics, this wide-ranging conversation dives deep into how technologies like crypto and AI could help redistribute power online and reshape the future of ownership and innovation. The two also debate: Whether banks and legacy institutions will adopt stablecoins The long-term role of NFTs and digital property rights How AI might rewrite venture capital, education, and economic planning Whether we're heading toward a creative renaissance—or a world of AI-generated monoculture Listen to similar conversations, listen to web3 with a16z: https://web3-with-a16z.simplecast.com/

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0:00.0	I think Visa will enter MasterCard will enter PayPal will enter.
0:04.3	Fidelity has already said they're going to enter.
0:05.8	Bank for America said there's going to enter.
0:07.1	I think you're going to have every bank probably issuing, I hope, a stable coin
0:10.1	the way you have them issuing credit cards.
0:12.0	These all have users and customers.
0:14.0	The banks will have a button that says send a stable coin.
0:16.6	So what I'm hoping is that there's enough legitimate actors around this who create a network effect.
0:21.7	Today on the A16Z podcast, Chris Dixon, general partner at A16Z, joins economist Tyler Cowen to discuss the ideas behind his book, read, write, own, building the next era of the internet.
0:34.4	They explore the evolution of web infrastructure, the economic consolidation of today's
0:39.0	internet platforms, and how technologies like blockchain, open source systems, and AI could reshape the
0:45.1	future. The conversation spans everything from creator economics and stable coins to the decline
0:50.7	of stack overflow, and whether AI will centralize power or help redistribute it.
0:55.4	Let's get into it.
0:59.6	As a reminder, the content here is for informational purposes only. Should not be taken as legal
1:04.0	business, tax, or investment advice, or be used to evaluate any investment or security, and is not
1:09.2	directed at any investors or potential investors
1:11.3	in any A16Z fund. Please note that A16Z and its affiliates may also maintain investments
1:16.5	in the companies discussed in this podcast. For more details, including a link to our investments,
1:21.6	please see A16Z.com forward slash disclosures.
1:29.0	Hello, everyone, and welcome back to Conversations with Tyler.
1:33.1	Today, I am chatting with Chris Dixon, who is a general partner at Indreason Harwitz.
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