The Web3 debate – Explained:
- The Dot-Com Outspoken Optimism
- The Dot-Com Outspoken Pessimism
The Blockchain is Parting Like It's
1999
- Web3 Outspoken Optimism
- Web3 Outspoken Pessimism
- A "Big Bang of Decentralization" is NOT Coming
- From "Peak of Inflated Expectations" to
"Trough of Disillusionment"
- From a "Bubble" to a "Balloon"
Check it out. Here's the whole essay:
Can We Compare Dot-Com Bubble To Today's Web3/Blockchain Craze?
If you need something geeky to listen to over the Holidays, the #TechlashAudiobook will do the trick.
It is OUT NOW on major retailers and libraries.
(& more are coming soon)
It tells the Techlash origin story. After finishing this audiobook, you could better explain “How did we get here?” & “Why is the Techlash only getting stronger?”
For sneak peeks, you can listen to some excerpts: SoundCloud Samples
The Retail Sample:
“But our work will never be done”
My new Opinion piece: Introducing: TECHASH 2.0.
Because it’s time to name this new
trend.
“The Next-Gen of TECHLASH is bigger,
stronger, and faster – just like the tech companies it’s fighting against.”
This also illustrates my point:
(as strange as it sounds, after reading the piece, it makes sense)
The full essay: TECHLASH 2.0: The Next-Gen TECHLASH is Bigger, Stronger & Faster
My new Opinion piece:
Does Facebook merely reflect (a mirror
to the good and ugly) or shape (amplify the bad)? Is it the algorithms’ fault
or the people who build them or use them? Fix the machine? The societal problems?
It all depends on whom you ask.
The full essay: Facebook: Amplifying the Good or the Bad? It’s Getting Ugly
My new Opinion piece:
For decades, the tech companies praised their secrecy. Tim Cook once said, “One of the great things about Apple is: We probably have more secrecy here than the CIA.”
Now, as they are facing mounting criticism, their
NDAs and off-the-record comments are seen as means of evading responsibility.
The full piece: There's a Growing Backlash Against Tech's Infamous Secrecy. Why Now?