I'm a partner at a16z, interested in programming, philosophy, history, internet, startups, and investing.

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Selected blog posts:

Why web3 matters (2021)

NFTs and a Thousand True Fans (2021)

Why decentralization matters (2018)

How Aristotle created the computer (2017)

What's next in computing? (2016)

Come for the tool, stay for the network (2015)

Full stack startups (2014)

The idea maze (2013)

What the smartest people do on the weekend is what everyone else will do during the week in ten years (2013)

The next big thing will start out looking like a toy (2010)

If you aren’t getting rejected on a daily basis, your goals aren’t ambitious enough (2010)

Climbing the wrong hill (2009)