Read Write Own: Building the Next Era of the Internet Dixon, Chris

Read Write Your Own: Building the Next Era of the Internet

• Author: Dixon, Chris
• Publishing house: Random House
• Release Date: 2024-01-30
• Number of pages: 320
• Dimensions: 14.5 x 2.7 x 21.6
• Language: English: Published; English: Original Language; English
• ISBN: 9780593731383

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • A potent exploration of the power of blockchains to reshape the future of the internet— and how that affects us all—from influential technology entrepreneur and startup investor Chris Dixon “A must for anyone who wants to better understand the real potential of blockchains and web3. ”—Robert Iger, CEO, Disney “A compelling vision of where the internet should go and how to get there. ”— Sam Altman, co-founder, OpenAI The internet of today is a far cry from its early promise of a decentralized, democratic network of innovation, connection, and freedom . In the past decade, it has fallen almost entirely under the control of a very small group of companies like Apple , Google, and Facebook. In Read Write Own, tech visionary Chris Dixon argues that the dream of an open network for fostering creativity and entrepreneurship doesn't have to die and can, in fact, be saved with blockchain networks. ” With lucid and compelling prose—drawing from a twenty-five-year career in the software industry—Dixon shows how the internet has undergone three distinct eras, bringing us to the critical moment we 're in today. The first was the “read” era , in which early networks democratized information. In the “read-write” era , corporate networks democratized publishing. We are now in the midst of the “read-write-own” era , sometimes called web3, in which blockchain networks are granting power and economic benefits to communities of users, not just corporations. Read Write Own is a must-read for anyone—internet users, business leaders, creators, entrepreneurs—who wants to understand where we 've been and where we 're going. It provides a vision for a better internet and a playbook to navigate and build the future .