Career advice: if you’re not in a bubble, find one.
In 1970 that was personal computers.
In 1990 that was the internet.
In 2010 that was the iPhone.
In 2020...
In 1990 that was the internet.
In 2010 that was the iPhone.
In 2020...
In 2030... Decentralization.
Decentralization of governments:
- Everyone WFH: can’t coup without a Capitol, politicians stay with their constituents
- much easier to run for office
- voting boundaries created w/ open source code
Decentralization of governments:
- Everyone WFH: can’t coup without a Capitol, politicians stay with their constituents
- much easier to run for office
- voting boundaries created w/ open source code
Decentralization of companies:
- no “HQ”, more antifragile
- much smaller “core” staff, many more contractors
- pseudonymous identities for work
- no “HQ”, more antifragile
- much smaller “core” staff, many more contractors
- pseudonymous identities for work
Decentralization of education:
- everyone can learn from anyone else
- everyone is learning from the best
- billionaire teachers
- everyone can learn from anyone else
- everyone is learning from the best
- billionaire teachers
Decentralization of trust/verification:
- Companies and governments make decisions based on consulting many data sources
- Legal decisions go on-chain, networks replace judges
- Laws are written in JavaScript not English; Congress goes from mostly lawyers to mostly coders
- Companies and governments make decisions based on consulting many data sources
- Legal decisions go on-chain, networks replace judges
- Laws are written in JavaScript not English; Congress goes from mostly lawyers to mostly coders
Decentralization of currencies:
- no market manipulation
- no printing money
- only way to make money is for others to voluntarily give it to you
- real-time tax collection per transaction instead of once a year, based on present jurisdiction of buyer/seller
- markets open 24/7
- no market manipulation
- no printing money
- only way to make money is for others to voluntarily give it to you
- real-time tax collection per transaction instead of once a year, based on present jurisdiction of buyer/seller
- markets open 24/7
And if it’s not decentralization, it is something else related to software. That’s the defining invention of this century, maybe millennia.