Who will control the software that powers the Internet?
Originally published by Wired. As the internet has evolved over its 35-year lifespan, control over its most important services has gradually…
Why decentralization matters
The first two eras of the internet During the first era of the internet — from the 1980s through the early 2000s — internet services were…
Crypto token roundup
Roundup of lots of recent posts on crypto tokens: Balaji S. Srinivasan — Thoughts on Tokens Fred Wilson — ICOs and VCs here, Ethereum in 2…
Crypto Tokens: A Breakthrough in Open Network Design
It is a wonderful accident of history that the internet and web were created as open platforms that anyone — users, developers…
How Aristotle Created the Computer
The philosophers he influenced set the stage for the technological revolution that remade our world. Originally published by The Atlantic…
Gadgets and Computers
From Benedict Evans’ Cars as Feature Phones: This is a common theme in many classes of device: you start with a product that has a few…