Chris Dixon on Read Write Own

Read Write Own (readwriteown.com) is a new book by Chris Dixon, general partner at Andreessen Horowitz (a16z) and founder of the largest crypto fund in the world. It's an important work that is simultaneously the best crypto tutorial for newcomers and an accessible reference for experts. Balaji and Chris are long-time friends and worked together at a16z for years. Here they discuss Read Write Own and the state of crypto in 2024.

OUTLINE
0:20 - Read Write Own
5:04 - Why Books Are Much Harder than Essays
11:43 - Five Sections of Read Write Own
17:49 - Open RSS vs Proprietary Social
25:36 - Every Protocol Gets Global State
32:10 - Web3 Helps Developers
35:10 - Proprietary Network Lockdown
38:30 - Crypto Subsidizes Creatives
42:34 - Online Status and Virtual Goods
43:56 - Own Usernames like Domain Names
47:35 - What Digital Ownership Means
48:32 - You Don't Own Kindle Ebooks
58:11 - Collaborative Storytelling
1:01:07 - Digital Identity
1:09:24 - A Sincere Long Form Discussion

AUDIO
Apple: https://bit.ly/3udD08T
Spotify: https://bit.ly/3HB7qoD

SOCIAL
https://readwriteown.com
https://thenetworkstate.com/podcast
Twitter: cdixon
Twitter: balajis