Monday 5 February 2024
12:30
Chris Dixon
Read Write Own: Building the Next Era of the Internet
Chris’s book is a potent exploration of the power of blockchains to reshape the future of the Internet—and how that affects us all. He will walk us through the history of the internet, showing how it has gone through three major design eras: the first focused on democratising information (read), the second on democratising publishing (write), and the third on democratising ownership (own). We are on the cusp of the third era — own — so he explains the key concepts underlying it, including blockchains and digital services built on top of blockchains.
Chris is a general partner at Andreessen Horowitz, joining the venture capital firm in 2013. Chris now leads a16z crypto, which he founded in 2018, and which now has over $7 billion in committed capital dedicated to crypto and web3 technologies—with investments ranging across applications such as decentralised finance and decentralised media, to infrastructure, social media, gaming, and more. Chris has Bachelor of Arts and Master’s degrees in Philosophy from Columbia University; an MBA from Harvard Business School; and started his career as a software developer.
General Partner at Andreessen Horowitz
Chris is a general partner at Andreessen Horowitz, joining the venture capital firm in 2013. Chris now leads a16z crypto, which he founded in 2018, and which now has over $7 billion in committed capital dedicated to crypto and web3 technologies—with investments ranging across applications such as decentralised finance and decentralised media, to infrastructure, social media, gaming, and more. Chris has Bachelor of Arts and Master’s degrees in Philosophy from Columbia University; an MBA from Harvard Business School; and started his career as a software developer.
