I think ownership is overrated - there is a certain kind of person who sees something and whose first reaction is "i want to own it", ownership as a means to accrue value leads to a community of vultures; instead of ownership, we should think about "contribution" as the primitive
ruby justice thelottwitter.comI think ownership is overrated - there is a certain kind of person who sees something and whose first reaction is "i want to own it", ownership as a means to accrue value leads to a community of vultures; instead of ownership, we should think about "contribution" as the primitive
File over app
File over app is a philosophy: if you want to create digital artifacts that last, they must be files you can control, in formats that are easy to retrieve and read. Use tools that give you this freedom.
File over app is an appeal to tool makers: accept that all software is ephe... See more
The ownership economy thesis is that value in past web platforms — Wikipedia, YouTube, Twitter, Peer-to-peer networks/marketplaces, etc — is generated by users who never retain any of it. Users contribute value, but they don’t capture it.