Encouraging individuals to give everything away for free is a great way to give large companies a sustainable competitive advantage.
You can't solve the #redecentralize / #indieweb problem without figuring out where the money is coming from.
We don't live in a magical Star Trek post-money society, nor is a universal basic income an alternative (although it's a great safety net).
Startups, like any business, are built to make money by concretely solving a problem for people who will pay for a solution.
Once upon a time, years and years ago, I used to believe you founded startups to build what you wanted to see in the world. I no longer do.
I loved this hopeful, real post by Mark Suster about unicorns and funding in Silicon Valley. http://www.bothsidesofthetable.com/2015/09/27/why-i-fucking-hate-unicorns-and-the-culture-they-breed...
Speaking of Doctor Who, I'd be a little careful of that water on Mars.
In some ways, the Internet is the Dalek casing we're all trapped inside, our hopes, dreams and beautiful human experience filtered to null.
Do you religiously read a particular tech industry website (rather than following links from social media)? Which one(s), and how?
Ashamed to say that how I feel about my car is how many people feel about computers: I don't want control, I just want it to work.
Polymath is the name of my avant grade millennial hipster banjo techno band.
At the Broken Strings Music Festival in Sacramento. Odds of me being horribly burned by the sun today: very high.
@joepemberton Government has an infrastructure (and regulatory) role to play. But yeah: enable everyone to work together.
The US is often scapegoated as a bad actor internationally. It is, but internalize this: so is the UK and every major economic power.
If you're shocked that the UK spies on everybody you haven't been paying attention. https://theintercept.com/2015/09/25/gchq-radio-porn-spies-track-web-users-online-identities/
Feeling a little bit like Twitter is where ideas go to die. Instant catharsis; no incentive to develop.
Software is becoming an obvious issue in cars: http://mobile.nytimes.com/2015/09/27/business/complex-car-software-becomes-the-weak-spot-under-the-h...
@funnymonkey Bernie Sanders has been actively pro net neutrality and individual privacy.
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