My new book is here
Read Write Own published this week in the U.S. and the U.K. (international options here; more editions in other languages coming soon).
I hope you pick it up, share it, and debate the ideas with me. I’m looking forward to your feedback, and if you like, I hope you also add your reviews on Amazon or directly on Goodreads.
In the meantime, here are a couple reviews and commentary on how the book is being received so far:
From Fortune:
The book is not only the most articulate overview of blockchain to date, but it shines as a history of computing and the internet. …Read Write Own is likely to become the next standard bearer for crypto enthusiasts and find a place on computer science and economics syllabi for years to come.
From Wired:
Dixon acknowledges these shortcomings and more in his book. But he insists that the emergence of even an unpolished alternative for governing internet platforms is a step forward. Blockchain is ‘messy and imperfect,’ he says, but the alternative is worse. …regulatory overreaction could choke off ideas that could rejuvenate the internet and everything built on it — that is, more or less everything.
There are many more writeups, Q&As, and interviews — including one I did with Andrew Ross Sorkin on CNBC — but here are some of the podcasts that have explanations on blockchains for different audiences:
Pirate Wires with Mike Solana
Money Talks from The Economist with Alice Fulwood
The GaryVee Audio Experience with Gary Vaynerchuk
Finally, if you'd like to hear more on my process for writing the book, these two podcasts cover or touch on that:
How I Write Podcast with David Perell
web3 with a16z podcast series on Read Write Own with Robert Hackett
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p.s. My team put together a trailer that shares an overview of the book themes if you want to check it out and share it (it’s a little over a minute long):