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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Mike Arrington kicked off a tempest in a teapot yesterday with his harmlessly titled post “A Blogger Walks Into a Bar” that alleges a price fixing conspiracy for angel investing. I don’t claim to know what happened at the meeting, but I fully concur with Fred’s assessment that there is no evidence of any fixing (only the opposite). Also, the idea that a small number of individuals could collude meaningfully in the early stage market – even if they wanted to – is bogus to begin with. There are way too many participants in that market for that to ever work!
Finally, I do know at least two people who participated well - Bryce Roberts and Dave McClure. We are co-investors with both and they are terrific champions for entrepreneurs. Which, by the way, doesn’t mean that they won’t sometimes complain about valuations - we all do! You can and should read Bryce’s comment on the matter here and Dave has a great post.
Mike Arrington kicked off a tempest in a teapot yesterday with his harmlessly titled post “A Blogger Walks Into a Bar” that alleges a price fixing conspiracy for angel investing. I don’t claim to know what happened at the meeting, but I fully concur with Fred’s assessment that there is no evidence of any fixing (only the opposite). Also, the idea that a small number of individuals could collude meaningfully in the early stage market – even if they wanted to – is bogus to begin with. There are way too many participants in that market for that to ever work!
Finally, I do know at least two people who participated well - Bryce Roberts and Dave McClure. We are co-investors with both and they are terrific champions for entrepreneurs. Which, by the way, doesn’t mean that they won’t sometimes complain about valuations - we all do! You can and should read Bryce’s comment on the matter here and Dave has a great post.
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