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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For many years when New York City startups were bought by West Coast firms they were forced to relocate (Yahoo and Microsoft being the biggest offenders here), because the acquirers did not have a sufficient New York presence and almost certainly had no engineering presence here. Google changed this dramatically by building a large engineering team and overall presence here in Manhattan. Demonstrating that this is not only possible for a West Coast firm but a competitive advantage for recruiting (there are extremely capable engineers who want to live in New York!) is a real gift for us. I believe others will follow suit and as a result many more startups will be allowed to stay here after an acquisition.
But Google’s gift goes far beyond that due to the immense wealth creation for the early Google employees. There is now a whole new group of angel investors in New York, many of whom have an engineering backgrounds. That’s a crucial strengthening of the startup ecosystem in New York and I
believe the impact will be felt for many years. It’s the gift that keeps on giving.
For many years when New York City startups were bought by West Coast firms they were forced to relocate (Yahoo and Microsoft being the biggest offenders here), because the acquirers did not have a sufficient New York presence and almost certainly had no engineering presence here. Google changed this dramatically by building a large engineering team and overall presence here in Manhattan. Demonstrating that this is not only possible for a West Coast firm but a competitive advantage for recruiting (there are extremely capable engineers who want to live in New York!) is a real gift for us. I believe others will follow suit and as a result many more startups will be allowed to stay here after an acquisition.
But Google’s gift goes far beyond that due to the immense wealth creation for the early Google employees. There is now a whole new group of angel investors in New York, many of whom have an engineering backgrounds. That’s a crucial strengthening of the startup ecosystem in New York and I
believe the impact will be felt for many years. It’s the gift that keeps on giving.
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