Read Write Own: Building the Next Era of the Internet

克里斯‧狄克森是深具影響力的科技創業家暨新創投資人，他不只是a16z的合夥人，更創辦a16z crypto，專門投資加密貨幣與區塊鏈科技，引領資產成長將近25倍，榮登《富比士》雜誌全球最佳創投業者Midas List 榜首，是科技業盛名遠播的意見領袖。

現今的網際網路已嚴重背離最初的分散、民主願景，落入蘋果、Google與臉書等少數科技巨頭的控制，不再孕育創新、連結與自由的精神。狄克森是科技夢想家，他認為想要翻轉控制、推動革新並非不可能，區塊鏈網路正是 我們的希望。

在這本書中，他將25年堅實的產業經驗，凝鍊成條理清晰、充滿遠見的說明。狄克森分析網際網路經歷的三個時代：第一個時代是1990～2005年的唯讀時代，讓我們降低資訊的存取門檻；第二個時代是2006～2020年的讀寫時代，讓我們進一步降低發表內容的門檻；第三個時代則是2021年以來進入「我讀、我寫、我擁有」的WEB3新時代，在這個關鍵時代，區塊鏈網路使網際網路的權力與經濟利益，從企業重新回到使用者社群手中。

我們正站在時代的轉捩點，無論你是網路使用者、企業領袖、創作者、還是創業者，都可以從這本書中了解網際網路的願景，以及區塊鏈對所有人的影響。

本書介出自遠見天下文化出版《Read Write Own: 開啟WEB3新局的區塊鏈網路趨勢與潛能》

A potent exploration of the power of blockchains to reshape the future of the internet—and how that affects us all—from influential technology entrepreneur and startup investor Chris Dixon

“A must for anyone who wants to better understand the real potential of blockchains and web3.”—Robert Iger, CEO, Disney

“A compelling vision of where the internet should go and how to get there.”—Sam Altman, co-founder, OpenAI

The internet of today is a far cry from its early promise of a decentralized, democratic network of innovation, connection, and freedom. In the past decade, it has fallen almost entirely under the control of a very small group of companies like Apple, Google, and Facebook. In Read Write Own, tech visionary Chris Dixon argues that the dream of an open network for fostering creativity and entrepreneurship doesn’t have to die and can, in fact, be saved with blockchain networks. He separates this movement, which aims to provide a solid foundation for everything from social networks to artificial intelligence to virtual worlds, from cryptocurrency speculation—a distinction he calls “the computer vs. the casino.”

With lucid and compelling prose—drawing from a twenty-five-year career in the software industry—Dixon shows how the internet has undergone three distinct eras, bringing us to the critical moment we’re in today. The first was the “read” era, in which early networks democratized information. In the “read-write” era, corporate networks democratized publishing. We are now in the midst of the “read-write-own” era, sometimes called web3, in which blockchain networks are granting power and economic benefits to communities of users, not just corporations.

Read Write Own is a must-read for anyone—internet users, business leaders, creators, entrepreneurs—who wants to understand where we’ve been and where we’re going. It provides a vision for a better internet and a playbook to navigate and build the future.