Book · 2024 · Information science
Read Write Own
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Let's briefly touch upon Chris Dixon's book read write own. So this is a book basically extoling the virtues of crypto and telling die hards that it ain't over yet, folks.
What they say about it
- Discusses book reception and sales“number nine on the New York Times”2
- Reviews the crypto focus2
The best things said about it
Read, Write, Own, building the next era of the internet.
Tyler Cowen Conversations with Tyler · Apr 2025 Anybody who hasn't read the book definitely should, the book is available in physical bookstores, the book's available on Kindle.
Marc Andreessen The Ben & Marc Show · Feb 2024 Where I read your book and I was like, Zeke, why don't you come on the show to help us review Chris Dixon's book, the Andreessen Horowitz venture capitalists who wrote read, write, own.
Today we have a special guest Chris Dixon who has written a new book called Read, Write, Own.
Chris Dixon was on X talking about how well the book did and that it was number nine on the New York Times bestseller.
Where and when it comes up
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Why people recommend it
Read Write Own by Chris Dixon is a comprehensive exploration of blockchains, artificial intelligence, and the future architecture of the internet. The book received prominent recommendations and analysis across multiple tech and business podcasts. On Conversations with Tyler, Tyler Cowen endorsed the work at the conclusion of his interview with the author. Marc Andreessen similarly urged listeners of The Ben & Marc Show to purchase and read the book in physical bookstores or on Kindle, and later asked Dixon what he wished he could have included in the initial publication. David Perell also offered congratulations to Dixon on the project during an episode of How I Write. Conversely, the book faced scrutiny and critical discussion. On Big Technology Podcast, Alex Kantrowitz discussed Read Write Own to examine its pro-crypto arguments aimed at reassuring die-hards that the industry remains viable. Kantrowitz noted the rough critical reception the book received, referencing and commenting on a review by Molly White while questioning the validity of the blockchain success stories presented by the Andreessen Horowitz venture capitalist. These contrasting discussions illustrate the deeply polarized views surrounding cryptocurrency, Web3 technology, and the broader economic implications of decentralized systems in contemporary digital culture.
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Marc Andreessen and obviously of course anybody who hasn't read the book uh definitely should the book is available in phy… 2
“Chris is there something you wish because you you're the nature of book publishing u wrote the book a while back is there something you wish you could have included in the book and will there be a followup”
“and obviously of course anybody who hasn't read the book uh definitely should the book is available in physical bookstores the book's available on Kindle”
David Perell So, And books like this, hey Chris, congratulations. Read, Write, Own. 1
“So, And books like this, hey Chris, congratulations. Read, Write, Own.”
Tyler Cowen Before we say goodbye I'd like to recommend Chris's book again. Read, write, own, building the next era of… 1
“Before we say goodbye I'd like to recommend Chris's book again. Read, write, own, building the next era of the internet.”
Alex Kantrowitz so Chris Dixon was on X talking about how well the book did and that it was number nine on the New York Tim… 5
“where I read your book and I was like, Zeke, why don't you come on the show to help us review Chris Dixon's book, the Andreessen Horowitz venture capitalists who wrote read, write, own.”
“Let's briefly touch upon Chris Dixon's book read write own. So this is a book basically extoling the virtues of crypto and telling die hards that it ain't over yet, folks.”
“because when you look at some of the reviews that have come out about this book, um it's pretty rough and he is of course like the person leading the crypto push at Andre and Horwitz”
“so Chris Dixon was on X talking about how well the book did and that it was number nine on the New York Times bestseller and number 25 on some other list”
“when I tweeted the um the Times bestseller thing it was uh basically this person saying is it really newsworthy that a book got on the NY Times bestsellers list”
Mentioned on the show without a named speaker1
“today we have a special guest Chris Dixon who has written a new book called read write own”
Other mentions (6: passing, ad reads, own books)
“He started off in a way as a blogger and we now have out the paperback edition of Chris's recent book, a very stimulating and provocative read. It is called read, write, own, building the next error of the internet.”
“So the the first and that's read right own the first year of the internet were what you're referring to are protocol networks.”
“so what I want to do with the book so I I you know I've spent years talking about this topic and in in those conversations realized that um some of the sort of background context was missing”
“although one of the critiques of my book so far has been that RSS is actually very successful I it's not not successful at its original Vision at all”
“Hey, today's guest is Chris Dixon, who is a venture capitalist and the author of this book, Read, Write, Own.”
“like so in the so it's called read write on and in the 2000s there was this thing you know, people called the web 2 movement of sort of the social media movement, but actually at the time it was actually called the read write movement.”