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The Ashley Madison Hack: A Glimpse of the Post Privacy Future
Albert Wenger – Aug 20, 2015
After some initial uncertainty it appears that the data released yesterday is in fact from the Ashley Madison hack that had been announced a little while back. The data contains not just email addresses but a lot of other information [...] Read more
The Blockstack Summit
Albert Wenger – Aug 18, 2015
About 8 months ago Joel Monegro, who is one of the analysts here at USV, wrote a great post titled “The Blockchain Application Stack.” The post lays out how the bitcoin blockchain can be combined with overlay networks and decentralized [...] Read more
Networks, Firms and Markets
Albert Wenger – Aug 17, 2015
There has been a renewed interest in the impact that digital technology is having on the boundaries of the firm. In particular there is a sense that networks operating on top of platforms are competing effectively with traditional firms. Examples [...] Read more
Values for a World of Knowledge
Albert Wenger – Aug 10, 2015
I have been thinking about the value implications of embracing knowledge. Maybe I am being overly reductionist here but there are three values that seem to me to be intimately connected with the knowledge loop of learning, creating and sharing. [...] Read more
On Digital Healthcare
Jonathan Libov – Aug 1, 2015
A four-part series on the state of digital healthcare. Read more