Read Write Own Quotes

“Hobbies are what the smartest people spend time on when they aren’t constrained by near-term financial goals. I like to say that what the smartest people do on the weekends is what everyone else will do during the week in ten years.”
― Chris Dixon, Read Write Own: Building the Next Era of the Internet

“Can’t be evil.”
― Chris Dixon, Read Write Own: Building the Next Era of the Internet

“Turing tests no longer distinguish real people from bots, and people can no longer tell real from fake media. The right approach is a credibly neutral, community-owned network—a blockchain network—that makes authenticity a trusted internet primitive.”
― Chris Dixon, Read Write Own: Building the Next Era of the Internet

“Giving away the tool makes financial sense only when the company doing the subsidizing—not the community—will own the ultimate prize: the network.”
― Chris Dixon, Read Write Own: Building the Next Era of the Internet

“We wanted flying cars, instead we got Zoom.”
― Chris Dixon, Read Write Own: Building the Next Era of the Internet

“In these systems, money and power flow to the network center, to companies that own the networks, and away from users and developers at the network edges.”
― Chris Dixon, Read Write Own: Building the Next Era of the Internet

“The other group, which I call the computer, is the far more serious of the two, and it is motivated by a long-term vision. This group’s practitioners understand that the financial aspects of blockchains are only a means to an end, a way to align incentives toward a larger goal. They realize the real potential in using blockchains is to build better networks, and therefore a better internet.”
― Chris Dixon, Read Write Own: Building the Next Era of the Internet