Chris Dixon on Blockchains, AI, and the Future of the Internet

Conversations with Tyler is produced by the Mercatus Center at George Mason University, bridging the gap between academic ideas and real-world problems. Learn more at Mercatus.org. For a full transcript of every conversation, enhanced with helpful links, visit conversationswithtyler.com. Hello everyone and welcome back to Conversations with Tyler. Today I am chatting with Chris Dixon, who is a general partner at Andreessen Harwitz.

He has a long-standing history in the tech field. He started off in a way as a blogger, and we now have out the paperback edition of Chris's recent book, a very stimulating and provocative read. It is called Read, Write, Own, Building the Next Era of the Internet. Chris, welcome. Thanks for having me.

Let me ask you a very fundamental question so people can see where you're coming from. So if I listen to music today, not on my stereo, I'll go to YouTube and Spotify. What's wrong with that arrangement? How how is it you think we can make it better? Yeah, I mean, so the kind of core thesis of of my book and kind of the core thesis of my career now.

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