Read Write Own: Building the Next Era of the Internet

 

• 迪士尼首席執行長羅伯特．艾格（Robert Iger）盛讚：「對任何想好好瞭解區塊鏈和網際網路Web 3.0的人來說，本書是必讀之作。」
• OpenAI共同創辦人暨執行長奧特曼（Sam Altman）高度推崇：「書中勾勒出網際網路未來發展的願景，並提出行動上的寶貴建言。」

 
        本書作者克里斯‧迪克森（Chris Dixon），創辦並領導矽谷最具影響力創投公司之一、在區塊鏈及加密貨幣領域名聲響亮的a16z crypto，迪克森在2022年榮登《富比世》全球最佳投資人（Midas List）榜首，無疑是區塊鏈及加密貨幣領域，最負盛名的關鍵領袖。這位二十五年來熟知軟體業的趨勢前瞻者，分享平衡、睿智的觀點，透過引人入勝的文筆，帶領讀者穿梭互聯網的三個世代。
 
        作者將網際網路的第一個階段，稱為「閱讀」的世代，這個時期的發展，讓使用者得以取得更民主化的開放資訊；第二階段則是「閱讀和書寫」世代，由企業主導的網際網路環境，讓資訊發布和出版的形式變得更民主。而我們正邁入「閱讀、書寫、擁有」的第三階段，作者主張Web 3.0因著區塊鏈技術的發展和應用，原本由Google、Meta、Apple等科技巨頭所主宰的權力、資源和利益，將不再呈現集中寡占的樣貌，將使更多使用者受惠，走向更公平、民主、值得信賴的未來。
 
        無論您是企業領袖、經營管理者、研發人員或網路使用者，想掌握Web 3.0未來的發展趨勢並從中受惠？《Read Write Own: Building the Next Era of the Internet》是預見未來、洞察先機的必讀指南。(文/博客來編譯)

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. He separates this movement, which aims to provide a solid foundation for everything from social networks to artificial intelligence to virtual worlds, from cryptocurrency speculation--a distinction he calls ＂the computer vs. the casino.＂

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.

Chris Dixon is a general partner at Andreessen Horowitz, joining the storied venture capital firm in 2013, where he invested in Oculus (later acquired by Facebook), Coinbase, and other companies. He also placed early bets on Kickstarter, Pinterest, Stack Overflow, Stripe--all of which have products in wide use today. Dixon founded and leads Andreessen Horowitz’s a16z crypto, which he has grown from ＄300 million in 2018 to over ＄7 billion of committed capital dedicated to investing in crypto and web3 technologies. He was ranked #1 on the Forbes Midas List of the world’s best venture capital investors in 2022.

Dixon has Bachelor of Arts and Masters degrees in Philosophy from Columbia University, an MBA from Harvard Business School, and founded two startups (acquired by McAfee and eBay). He lives in California and grew up in Ohio, where he started programming as a young child on an Atari 800.