MONEY REIMAGINED: What Is Blockchain’s Impact on Future Networks? Chris Dixon On How This Affects Us All
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🗓️ 21 February 2024
⏱️ 51 minutes
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Summary
Hosts Casey and Warren discuss Dixon’s new book ‘Read, Write, Own’ a very straightforward explanation of the history of the internet and the next phase of networks such as blockchain development that will reshape the future.
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Michael Casey’s New Book with Frank H. McCourt, their forthcoming book: Our Biggest Fight: Reclaiming Liberty, Humanity, and Dignity in the Digital Age
In this week's installment of "Money Reimagined," hosts Michael Casey and Sheila Warren are joined by Chris Dixon, a general partner at Andreessen Horowitz and author of the book 'Read, Write, Own. Building the Next Era of the Internet.' They explore the distinction between casino and computer cultures in the blockchain space, the need for regulation, and blockchain's potential to shift power dynamics. The conversation covers blockchain's intersection with AI, NFTs, and dispels common myths. Emphasizing the evolution and challenges, it highlights blockchain's inevitability and its potential to revolutionize the internet, stressing the importance of balancing benefits and drawbacks.
Takeaways |
- Blockchains have dual applications, so distinguishing between casino and computer cultures is crucial.
- Regulation is essential to curb financial mercenary aspects and promote long-term perspectives.
- Blockchain can shift power dynamics, enabling collective bargaining for data and content control.
- The intersection with AI, NFTs, and other technologies offers innovative opportunities and economic models.
- Clearing misconceptions, understanding diverse applications and potential of blockchain is vital.
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Chris Dixon, Author at Andreessen Horowitz
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| 0:49.7 | AI adds a whole other dimension where it's going to cut the cost of content creation |
| 0:54.0 | probably close to |
| 0:54.7 | zero for many categories of media. The question then becomes, does value and scarcity go away? |
| 0:59.3 | Or does value and scarcity move to something else? We've seen again and again through the history |
| 1:04.0 | of the internet that people like people, that fundamentally human nature will not change and that |
| 1:08.4 | it matters to people that, for example, with a narrative |
| 1:11.0 | universe, that other people like that universe, that they're participating in that universe, |
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