with <a href="https://twitter.com/cdixon" target="_blank" rel="noopener">@cdixon</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/pmarca" target="_blank" rel="noopener">@pmarca</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/bhorowitz" target="_blank" rel="noopener">@bhorowitz</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/rhhackett" target="_blank" rel="noopener">@rhhackett</a>
Welcome to the web3 with a16z podcast. Today&#8217;s episode is the final installment in our limited series on <a href="https://readwriteown.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Read Write Own</a>, the new book by a16z crypto founding partner Chris Dixon. Today&#8217;s episode features Dixon in conversation with a16z cofounders Ben Horowitz and Marc Andreessen. Their discussion covers the internet’s corporate takeover and how that affects startups, creativity, and innovation; blockchains as inheritors of the open source ethos; where AI comes in; and the next battleground in global politics. This episode is a crossover from the <a href="https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLM4u6XbiXf5pZQmB6cadImO1M7xVYbZ_M" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Ben &#038; Marc Show</a>, which you can find and follow on the <a href="https://www.youtube.com/@a16z" target="_blank" rel="noopener">a16z YouTube channel</a> or wherever you get your podcasts.
Resources for references in this episode:
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<li>&#8220;<a href="https://www.investopedia.com/ask/answers/05/economicmoat.asp#:~:text=The%20term%20%22economic%20moat%2C%22,term%20profits%20and%20market%20share." target="_blank" rel="noopener">How an economic moat provides a competitive advantage</a>&#8221; by Chris Gallant (Investopedia, August 2023)</li>
<li>&#8220;<a href="https://a16z.com/the-dynamics-of-network-effects/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">The dynamics of network effects</a>&#8221; by D&#8217;Arcy Coolican and Li Jin (a16z, December 2018)</li>
<li>&#8220;<a href="https://www.interaction-design.org/literature/topics/skeuomorphism#:~:text=Skeuomorphism%20is%20a%20term%20most,icon%20used%20for%20discarding%20files." target="_blank" rel="noopener">Skeuomorphism</a>&#8221; (Interaction Design Foundation)</li>
<li>&#8220;<a href="https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=33975082" target="_blank" rel="noopener">How to rebuild social media on top of RSS</a>&#8221; (Hacker News, December 2022)</li>
<li>&#8220;<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J2klGJRrjqw&t=2s" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Cardinal conversations: Reid Hoffman and Peter Thiel on &#8216;technology and politics</a>&#8216;&#8221; (Hoover Institute, January 2018) [see @ 29:00]</li>
<li>&#8220;<a href="https://www.axios.com/2018/02/13/peter-thiel-ai-is-communist-1518541570" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Peter Thiel: AI is communist</a>&#8221; by Dan Primack (Axios, February 2018)</li>
<li>&#8220;<a href="https://www.wsj.com/tech/ai/sam-altman-seeks-trillions-of-dollars-to-reshape-business-of-chips-and-ai-89ab3db0" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Sam Altman seeks trillions of dollars to reshape business of chips and AI</a>&#8221; by Keach Hagey and Asa Fitch (Wall Street Journal, February 2024)</li>
<li>&#8220;<a href="https://www.thenation.com/article/society/dao-crypto-union/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Join a union—but also join a DAO</a>&#8221; by Daisy Alioto (The Nation, December 2021)</li>
<li><a href="https://www.versobooks.com/products/476-fully-automated-luxury-communism" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Fully Automated Luxury Communism: A Manifesto</a> by Aaron Bastani (Verso, June 2019)</li>
<li>&#8220;<a href="https://www.bis.org/review/r191104f.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Friedrich Hayek and the price system</a>&#8221; by Randal K. Quarles (&#8220;The Road to Serfdom at 75&#8243; conference, November 2019)</li>
<li><a href="https://tv.apple.com/gb/episode/the-engineers-plot/umc.cmc.1jvlwf55kna94wtvybpviao8i?showId=umc.cmc.4tn27py2mcpvwxn2ppgy1uhwy" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Pandora&#8217;s Box: A Fable from the Age of Science</a> &#8220;<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4oOPgUZkwM4" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Part 1. The Engineers&#8217; Plot</a>&#8221; by Adam Curtis (BBC, June 1992) [see @ 25:00]</li>
<li>&#8220;<a href="https://a16zcrypto.com/posts/article/going-from-web-2-to-web-3-your-take-rate-is-my-opportunity/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Going from web2 to web3: &#8216;Your take rate is my opportunity&#8217;</a>&#8221; by Chris Dixon (a16z crypto, August 2021)</li>
<li>&#8220;<a href="https://a16zcrypto.com/posts/article/blockchain-internet-glossary-key-terms-read-write-own-book/#glossary-t" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Blockchain &#038; internet glossary (A–Z): Key terms from Read Write Own</a>&#8221; by Chris Dixon and Robert Hackett (a16z crypto, February 2024)</li>
<li>&#8220;<a href="https://a16zcrypto.com/posts/article/why-decentralization-matters/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Why decentralization matters</a>&#8221; by Chris Dixon (a16z crypto, February 2018)</li>
<li>&#8220;<a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/vision-pro-needs-apps-but-apple-seems-to-be-at-odds-with-developers-2024-1" target="_blank" rel="noopener">The Vision Pro needs apps. Now is not a good time for Apple to be at odds with developers</a>&#8221; by Hasan Chowdhury (Business Insider, January 2024)</li>
<li>&#8220;<a href="https://eth2book.info/capella/part4/history/deneb/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Upgrading Ethereum | 4.2.5 Deneb</a>&#8221; by Ben Edgington (Eth2book, September 2023)</li>
<li>&#8220;<a href="https://www.coindesk.com/tech/2024/02/28/what-to-expect-from-ethereums-cancun-deneb-upgrade/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">What to expect from Ethereum&#8217;s Cancun-Deneb Upgrade</a>&#8221; by Wilfred Daye (Coindesk, February 2024)</li>
<li>&#8220;<a href="https://99bitcoins.com/bitcoin-obituaries/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Bitcoin Obituaries</a>&#8221; (99 Bitcoins)</li>
<li>&#8220;<a href="https://crsreports.congress.gov/product/pdf/IN/IN12249" target="_blank" rel="noopener">An Overview of H.R. 4766, Clarity for Payment Stablecoins Act</a>&#8221; by Paul Tierno and Andrew P. Scott (Congressional Research Service, September 2023)</li>
<li>&#8220;<a href="https://lotr.fandom.com/wiki/Rings_of_Power" target="_blank" rel="noopener">The Rings of Power</a>&#8221; (The Lord of the Rings Wiki)</li>
<li>&#8220;<a href="https://www.americanbanker.com/opinion/theres-no-downplaying-the-impact-of-operation-choke-point" target="_blank" rel="noopener">There&#8217;s no downplaying the impact of Operation Choke Point</a>&#8221; by Dennis Shaul (American Banker, November 2018)</li>
<li>&#8220;<a href="https://www.cooperkirk.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Operation-Choke-Point-2.0.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Operation Choke Point 2.0: The Federal Bank Regulators Come for Crypto</a>&#8221; by David H. Thompson, et al. (Cooper &#038; Kirk Lawyers, March 2023)</li>
<li>&#8220;<a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2024/02/22/technology/google-gemini-german-uniforms.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Google Chatbot’s A.I. Images Put People of Color in Nazi-Era Uniforms</a>&#8221; by Nico Grant (New York Times, February 2024)</li>
<li>&#8220;<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xgUSRBa0zKQ" target="_blank" rel="noopener">This is Worldcoin: Humanness in the age of AI</a>&#8221; (Worldcoin, February 2024)</li>
<li><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Blocksize-War-controls-Bitcoins-protocol/dp/B08YQMC2WM" target="_blank" rel="noopener">The Blocksize War: The Battle for Control Over Bitcoin&#8217;s Protocol Rules</a> by Jonathan Bier (Amazon, March 2021)</li>
<li>&#8220;<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CIFWHdUPer8" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Balaji Srinivasan: The Bitcoin Network State</a>&#8221; (Bitcoin Magazine, October 2023)</li>
</ul>

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