Today with me in the Podcast is Tim O'Reilly, the Founder & CEO of O'Reilly Media and boy, his 1,5 million twitter followers are there for a reason!
People call him "the Oracle of the Silicon Valley", he came up with the term "Web 2.0" - This man is crazy a wizard!
We spoke about:
- Writing as superpower! How it helps you to structure your thoughts.
- How he started OSCON and great nerdy 90s
- The big tectonic "Platform changes" and how the giants use "Algorithmic Rents" to silently put more money into their pockets
- The wrong incentives and optimization functions of our economy and how to change it
- How we are part of "the machine" and "the machine" needs us to decide what is good ("ham") and what is bad ("spam")
Mentioned On Air
- Hardware, Software and Infoware - The article containing Tim's prediction that information would be the currency of today. Book
- Bots vs. Tots. - Presentation on why we need robots given by Hal Varian, Chief Economist at Google Video
- AI Superpowers: China, Silicon Valley, And The New World Order - An idea brought forth at the end of this book inspired Tim's idea that robots will give people their time back Book
- WTF? What’s the Future and Why It’s Up to Us - Tim's book frequently cited in the podcast Book
- 'Information Wants to Be Free' Clip - Clip of Stewart Brand speaking at the 1984 The Hackers Conference stating information wants to be free - but its also expensive. Video
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