A historical collection of our writing.
My book, The World After Capital , has been available online and as hardcover for a couple of years now. I have had frequent requests for other editions and I am happy to report that they are now all available! One of the biggest requests was for an audio version. So this past summer I […] Read more (opens Continuations in a new tab)
I am unabashedly a technology optimist . For me, however, that means making choices for how we will get the best out of technology for the good of humanity, while limiting its negative effects. With technology becoming ever more powerful there is a huge premium on getting this right as the […] Read more (opens Continuations in a new tab)
One tried and true tactic for suppressing opinions is to slap them with a disparaging label. This is currently happening in the Israel/Gaza conflict with the allegation of bothsidesism , which goes as follows: you have to pick a side, anything else is bothsidesism. Of course nobody likes to be […] Read more (opens Continuations in a new tab)
I have not personally commented in public on the Israel/Gaza conflict until now (USV signed on to a statement ). The suffering has been heartbreaking and the conflict is far from over. Beyond the carnage on the ground, the dialog online and in the street has been dominated by shouting. That makes […] Read more (opens Continuations in a new tab)
Today we’re excited to announce our investment in Chamber, a new service for securely holding digital assets. One of the challenges for crypto adoption is the perception that it is unsafe. Research by Pew found “75% of Americans who have heard of cryptocurrencies are not confident in their safety […] Read more
I was at a conference earlier this year where one of the topics was the fear of a population implosion. Some people are concerned that with birth rates declining in many parts of the world we might suddenly find ourselves without enough humans. Elon Musk has on several occasions declared population […] Read more (opens Continuations in a new tab)
