Research Catalog

Title

Read write own : building the next era of the Internet / Chris Dixon.

Author

Dixon, Chris, 1972-

Publication

• New York : Random House, 2024.
• ©2024

Items in the Library & Off-site

Details

Description

xxviii, 287 pages : illustrations; 22 cm

Summary

"The Internet of today is a far cry from its early promise of a decentralized, democratic network of creativity and innovation. In the past decade, the Internet has fallen under the control of a tiny group of massive companies like Apple, Google, and Facebook. In Read Write Own, tech visionary Chris Dixon argues that the dream of an open network for fostering creativity and entrepreneurship doesn't have to die, and that in fact it can, and must, be saved with blockchain networks, which he vitally separates from the currency-based speculation that it is unfortunately lumped together with - a distinction he calls "The Computer vs The Casino". With lucid and compelling prose - and drawing from his first-hand observations, mental models, and experiences over a 25-year career in the Internet industry - Dixon shows how the Internet has undergone three distinct eras, bringing us to the critical moment we're in today. The first act was the "read era," lasting from 1990 to 2005, in which early Internet networks democratized information. In the "read-write era," 2006-2020, corporate networks democratized publishing. And we are now entering the "read-write-own era," sometimes called web3, in which blockchain networks have begun to democratize ownership, granting power and economic benefits to the participants in the network--not just to massive corporations"--

Subject

• Internet industry > Popular works
• Internet > Forecasting > Popular works
• Blockchains (Databases) > Popular works
• Internet > Economic aspects > Popular works
• Internet industry
• Internet > Forecasting
• Internet
• Blockchains (Databases)
• Internet > Economic aspects

Genre/Form

Popular works.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Call Number

JFD 24-857

ISBN

• 9780593731383
• 0593731387

LCCN

2023041266

OCLC

1385290533

Author

Dixon, Chris, 1972- author.

Title

Read write own : building the next era of the Internet / Chris Dixon.

Publisher

New York : Random House, 2024.

Copyright Date

©2024

Edition

First edition.

Type of Content

text

still image

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Other Form:

Online version: Dixon, Chris, 1972- Read write own First edition. New York : Random House, 2024 9780593731406 (DLC) 2023041267

Research Call Number

JFD 24-857