Philosophy Mondays: Human-AI Collaboration
Today's Philosophy Monday is an important interlude. I want to reveal that I have not been writing the posts in this series entirely by myself. Instead I have been working with Claude, not just for the graphic illustrations, but also for the text. My method has been to write a rough draft and then ask Claude for improvement suggestions. I will expand this collaboration to other intelligences going forward, including open source models such as Llama and DeepSeek. I will also explore other moda...
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Web3/Crypto: Why Bother?
One thing that keeps surprising me is how quite a few people see absolutely nothing redeeming in web3 (née crypto). Maybe this is their genuine belief. Maybe it is a reaction to the extreme boosterism of some proponents who present web3 as bringing about a libertarian nirvana. From early on I have tried to provide a more rounded perspective, pointing to both the good and the bad that can come from it as in my talks at the Blockstack Summits. Today, however, I want to attempt to provide a coge...
Philosophy Mondays: Human-AI Collaboration
Today's Philosophy Monday is an important interlude. I want to reveal that I have not been writing the posts in this series entirely by myself. Instead I have been working with Claude, not just for the graphic illustrations, but also for the text. My method has been to write a rough draft and then ask Claude for improvement suggestions. I will expand this collaboration to other intelligences going forward, including open source models such as Llama and DeepSeek. I will also explore other moda...
Intent-based Collaboration Environments
AI Native IDEs for Code, Engineering, Science
Web3/Crypto: Why Bother?
One thing that keeps surprising me is how quite a few people see absolutely nothing redeeming in web3 (née crypto). Maybe this is their genuine belief. Maybe it is a reaction to the extreme boosterism of some proponents who present web3 as bringing about a libertarian nirvana. From early on I have tried to provide a more rounded perspective, pointing to both the good and the bad that can come from it as in my talks at the Blockstack Summits. Today, however, I want to attempt to provide a coge...
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In the last few days Apple suspended the enterprise certificates for first Facebook and then Google, rendering internal iOS apps instantly useless. Apple did so in response to revelations that both companies had used the enterprise certificates to distribute VPN apps to teenagers in order to better understand phone usage. This is apparently in violation of the enterprise certificate license.
Some people have cheered Apple’s actions as not only justified but appropriate sanctions on Facebook and Google. It would appear that Apple acted within its contractual rights and there are reasonable questions about these research efforts. In any case though Apple’s actions and their impact illustrates the extraordinary power Apple has over its devices.
I have written before that I believe this level of control is detrimental to innovation and is a source of excess rents. It has been interesting to see how the take rate in PC game app stores is being driven towards 10% as a result of competition. So instead of celebrating Apple’s actions here we should see them as a reminder of a lack of competition and a disempowerment of endusers. An easy ability for consumers to directly load apps should be a legal requirement. This would allow competitive app stores to emerge.
In the last few days Apple suspended the enterprise certificates for first Facebook and then Google, rendering internal iOS apps instantly useless. Apple did so in response to revelations that both companies had used the enterprise certificates to distribute VPN apps to teenagers in order to better understand phone usage. This is apparently in violation of the enterprise certificate license.
Some people have cheered Apple’s actions as not only justified but appropriate sanctions on Facebook and Google. It would appear that Apple acted within its contractual rights and there are reasonable questions about these research efforts. In any case though Apple’s actions and their impact illustrates the extraordinary power Apple has over its devices.
I have written before that I believe this level of control is detrimental to innovation and is a source of excess rents. It has been interesting to see how the take rate in PC game app stores is being driven towards 10% as a result of competition. So instead of celebrating Apple’s actions here we should see them as a reminder of a lack of competition and a disempowerment of endusers. An easy ability for consumers to directly load apps should be a legal requirement. This would allow competitive app stores to emerge.
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