Alessandro Figo

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t's defeasible, which means to say that the burden of proof can be overcome. There's a presumption, I would say in Smith toward individual liberty, just as in a courtroom we have a presumption of innocence. But that doesn't mean that everybody is innocent. It means that the burden of pr
The Morality of Adam Smith: An Interview with Daniel Klein
And so he's looking at particular sorts of interactions there, which are impersonal commercial interactions, and talking about how that realm works. But that is by no means all that he treated. His first book spoke very little directly about commerce, and talked much more about a person in society in a community context, in a social context, where all of the virtues are explored, not just the sort of prudence that you might glean from the quote you just read.
The Morality of Adam Smith: An Interview with Daniel Klein
monetization methods built into the web2 internet, the predominant business models were opaque, advertising-based, and dependent on closed-garden networks, which gave an outsized advantage to platforms. On the horizon, new business models and technologies hold promi
The Web3 Renaissance: A Golden Age for Content - by Li Jin
The lived experiences of creators tell the story: 90% of streaming royalties on Spotify go to the top 1.4% of musicians. The top 1% of all streamers earn more than half of all revenue on Twitch.
The Web3 Renaissance: A Golden Age for Content - by Li Jin
nology, we've seen a radical breakthrough in vaccine development, we're close to autonomous automobiles, we're building better supersonic jets, and even flying ca
The Architecture of Tomorrow: An Interview With Ben Horowitz
eing "bits" transform "atoms" in a very real way. James Gleick wrote a really good book that explains why Information Science is so central (in case you need a primer). That's not to say that regulation isn't the enemy of innovation — it definitely can be, but that hasn't been the
The Architecture of Tomorrow: An Interview With Ben Horowitz
re was a sense that history was not done with us yet, that so much more than what we’ve known is in store. Is there still reason to feel this way now? Are there any investments a16z is making that make you especially optimistic about the future? Will we finally get flying cars? I think the question understates the importance and centrality of "bits." The way I see it, the fundamental breakthroughs of Alan Turing, Claude Shannon, and others on information science in the late
The Architecture of Tomorrow: An Interview With Ben Horowitz