Sublime

Two myths currently limit our collective imagination: the myth that advertising is the only possible business model for online companies, and the myth that it’s too late to change the way platforms operate. On both points, we need to be a little more creative.

While the problems facing the web are complex and large, I think we should see them as bug... See more

That approach: build protocols, not platforms.

The problem, in other words, isn't intermediation – it's power . The thing that distinguishes a useful intermediary from an enshittified bully is power . Intermediaries gain power when our governments stop enforcing competition law. This lets intermediaries buy each other up and corner markets. Once they've formed cozy cartels, they can capture the... See more

Network effects would suggest that current scaled social networks are difficult/impossible to disrupt - so how do we get out of here? I propose 3 possible paths: Full episode: https://open.spotify.com/episode/32El1BXQm3PzLU871JMtfG?si=f5b3e2eac70f409d... See more

I gave a talk in 2018 on the incompatibility of technological progress and privacy at the @Stacks conference in Berlin. Since then the advancements in AI have made this argument ever more relevant. The talk is short (15 minutes)

À Battery Park chaque samedi après-midi, je dégustais la tribune hebdomadaire du professeur Lessig. Jeune avocat spécialiste de droit d’auteur, il était la caution morale de l’Internet. Son étoile du Berger. En pleine extase capitaliste, il s’acharnait dans le rôle du rabat-joie de service. Dès 1997, dans un article ravageur « Code is law », il ava

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“If the law imposed the death penalty for parking tickets, we’d not only have fewer parking tickets, we’d also have much  less driving.