Read Write Own: Building the Next Era of the Internet Audiobook

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• Chris Dixon’s Read Write Own is a must for anyone who wants to better understand the real potential of blockchains and web3 to drive even greater innovation, inspire more imaginative thinking, and ultimately unlock new growth opportunities in the future.

  — Bob Iger, CEO, Disney

• Chris Dixon has always been someone who sees the future with clarity and practicality. He does this once again in Read Write Own making the case for blockchain technology as the fundamental building block of the future and clearly laying out where the internet is going.

  — John Donahoe, CEO, Nike

• Unfortunately, the noise has overwhelmed the signal in the crypto industry over the last five years. Chris takes on the challenge and succeeds at explaining just how crypto technology is what’s important to our technological future and how we all can benefit, much like we have from the Internet. I would encourage all regulators and crypto nay-sayers around the world to read this book.

  — Mark Cuban, Shark Tank; Dallas Mavericks

• Read this book to understand a compelling vision of where the internet should go and how to get there.

  — Sam Altman, CEO, OpenAI

• This book changed my mind. It’s a clear manifesto for redeeming the internet, and making it the democratic platform we all want. The hero in this story is a second generation of blockchain, tamed from its earlier excesses as speculative coins, and remade into a way for everyone to own what they make online. It’s the best positive case for crypto I’ve seen.

  — Kevin Kelly, founding editor Wired; author, What Technology Wants, The Inevitable

• If you want to read the smartest, sharpest, and most balanced take on how blockchains could revolutionize our world, Chris Dixon’s Read Write Own​ is the best place to go.

  — Tyler Cowen, Professor of Economics, George Mason University; author, The Great Stagnation, co-author, Modern Principles of Economics

• This is a pivotal moment for the internet. Chris Dixon’s fascinating book offers a refreshing and radical new take at a time when we need fresh thinking more than ever.

  — Mustafa Suleyman, co-founder & CEO, Inflection; co-founder, DeepMind; author of New York Times bestseller The Coming Wave: Technology, Power, and the 21st Century's Greatest Dilemma

• Whether you’re already interested in crypto or just curious about blockchains, web3, and the future of the internet—this is THE definitive book about the industry and beyond. Chris Dixon has inspired me with his vision for years, and now others get to experience that clear vision in Read Write Own.

  — Emilie Choi, President and Chief Operating Officer, Coinbase

• Chris takes on the challenge and succeeds at explaining just how crypto technology is what’s important to our technological future and how we all can benefit, much like we have from the Internet. I would encourage all regulators and crypto nay-sayers around the world to read this book.

  — Mark Cuban, Shark Tank; Dallas Mavericks

• This book changed my mind. It’s a clear manifesto for redeeming the internet, and making it the democratic platform we all want. It’s the best positive case for crypto I’ve seen.

  — Kevin Kelly, bestselling author of The Inevitable

• This is a pivotal moment for the internet. Chris Dixon’s fascinating book offers a refreshing and radical new take at a time when we need fresh thinking more than ever.

  — Mustafa Suleyman, co-founder & CEO, Inflection AI; co-founder, DeepMind; author of the New York Times bestseller The Coming Wave

• I love this book: the history, the insights, the optimism. Dixon does a brilliant job of explaining where the internet went wrong, but does an even better job explaining how to make things right. Every page has important arguments about how blockchains can make technology more democratic, just, and trustworthy.

  — Nicholas Thompson, CEO, Atlantic; former editor, NewYorkerdotcom

• Whether you’re already interested in crypto or just curious about blockchains, web3, and the future of the internet—this is THE definitive book about the industry and beyond.

  — Emilie Choi, President and Chief Operating Officer, Coinbase

• A sharp-edged manifesto for ‘new networks with better architectures

  — better because they’re free of corporate control.

• Illuminating . . . Dixon’s detailed discussions add nuance to the oversimplified metaphors often used to describe blockchain . . . a stimulating overview of blockchain’s potential.

  — Publishers Weekly

• Read this book to understand a compelling vision of where the internet should go and how to get there.

  — Sam Altman, co-founder, OpenAI

• Illuminating . . . Dixon’s detailed discussions add nuance to the oversimplified metaphors often used to describe blockchain. . . . A stimulating overview of blockchain’s potential.

  — Publishers Weekly