For 2017 I made two New Year’s resolutions. The first is to get into better shape (yes, like just about everyone else judging from the crowd at the gym today). The second is to finish my book World After Capital. For that I will need some help. I am looking for a research assistant who can help me fill in the many instances in World After Capital where it says “XX” or “YY” instead of an actual number, or where I have made a note that I need a source or additional data. There are also a bunch ...

For 2017 I made two New Year’s resolutions. The first is to get into better shape (yes, like just about everyone else judging from the crowd at the gym today). The second is to finish my book World After Capital. For that I will need some help. I am looking for a research assistant who can help me fill in the many instances in World After Capital where it says “XX” or “YY” instead of an actual number, or where I have made a note that I need a source or additional data. There are also a bunch ...

My book World After Capital argues that we are living in a dangerous time of transition: industrial capitalism is breaking down and we don’t yet have a viable alternative. Incumbent politicians are still clinging to fixing the existing system while insurgent populists are arguing for big changes. This to a large degree explains the scary rise of populism we are seeing around the world and in the United States. Populist leaders have come to power around the world in recent years, such as Putin...

My book World After Capital argues that we are living in a dangerous time of transition: industrial capitalism is breaking down and we don’t yet have a viable alternative. Incumbent politicians are still clinging to fixing the existing system while insurgent populists are arguing for big changes. This to a large degree explains the scary rise of populism we are seeing around the world and in the United States. Populist leaders have come to power around the world in recent years, such as Putin...

I have been telling lots of people that I am writing a book about our transition past the industrial economy. If you have been reading Continuations for a while you know that this has been the subject of much of my writing here. So why write a book? For starters I greatly enjoy reading books so the idea of writing one is appealing. But what is the goal, what am I trying to accomplish with the book? The key reason is that I am trying to influence where we are headed. Earlier this week I tweete...

I have been telling lots of people that I am writing a book about our transition past the industrial economy. If you have been reading Continuations for a while you know that this has been the subject of much of my writing here. So why write a book? For starters I greatly enjoy reading books so the idea of writing one is appealing. But what is the goal, what am I trying to accomplish with the book? The key reason is that I am trying to influence where we are headed. Earlier this week I tweete...

After frequently mentioning in person and here on Continuations that I am working on a book, I am excited to announce that a first rough draft version is now ready! You can head over to World After Capital to read and comment. What you will find there is still very much a rough draft but one I feel covers the essential arguments that I want to make. So far I have done one round of bug fixes to correct typos and other blatant mistakes. But a lot of work still remains to be done including findi...

After frequently mentioning in person and here on Continuations that I am working on a book, I am excited to announce that a first rough draft version is now ready! You can head over to World After Capital to read and comment. What you will find there is still very much a rough draft but one I feel covers the essential arguments that I want to make. So far I have done one round of bug fixes to correct typos and other blatant mistakes. But a lot of work still remains to be done including findi...

The very first post on Continuations explained that I think of myself as a technology optimist. Thanks to Steven Johnson’s new book Future Perfect I can now proudly add a second label to that: peer progressive. In Future Perfect, Steven describes a position that overcomes the traditional liberal - conservative divide by embracing the power of networks. As Steven points out, not all of these networks are Internet based, but the Internet has greatly facilitated the creation of networks. That ha...

The very first post on Continuations explained that I think of myself as a technology optimist. Thanks to Steven Johnson’s new book Future Perfect I can now proudly add a second label to that: peer progressive. In Future Perfect, Steven describes a position that overcomes the traditional liberal - conservative divide by embracing the power of networks. As Steven points out, not all of these networks are Internet based, but the Internet has greatly facilitated the creation of networks. That ha...

As more regular readers of Continuations will know I have been working on a book that pulls together many of the ideas I have been writing about here. So where does this effort stand? The good news is that over the summer I have produced a 120 page draft together with another writer. The bad news is that I know everything that’s wrong with that draft and it’s a lot. Some problems are small, such as inconsistent tone of voice as there are two writers. Others are large, such as missing sections...

As more regular readers of Continuations will know I have been working on a book that pulls together many of the ideas I have been writing about here. So where does this effort stand? The good news is that over the summer I have produced a 120 page draft together with another writer. The bad news is that I know everything that’s wrong with that draft and it’s a lot. Some problems are small, such as inconsistent tone of voice as there are two writers. Others are large, such as missing sections...

Thanks to an early copy (full disclosure: provided by Alexis – thanks!) I just had the pleasure of reading Alexis Ohanian’s “Without Their Permission” on my flight back from SF to New York. The book will come out on October 1st, but you can pre-order it now and I highly recommend that you do. It is really a three for one deal: first, a brief and entertaining history of both Reddit and Hipmunk; second, a wonderful two chapter Startup MBA that contains advice that I wholeheartedly endorse; and ...

Thanks to an early copy (full disclosure: provided by Alexis – thanks!) I just had the pleasure of reading Alexis Ohanian’s “Without Their Permission” on my flight back from SF to New York. The book will come out on October 1st, but you can pre-order it now and I highly recommend that you do. It is really a three for one deal: first, a brief and entertaining history of both Reddit and Hipmunk; second, a wonderful two chapter Startup MBA that contains advice that I wholeheartedly endorse; and ...