just read through this manifesto. lot of high minded ideals but little actions to show for it if you start at the beginning of the internet era. > Our enemy is

just read through this manifesto. lot of high minded ideals but little actions to show for it if you start at the beginning of the internet era. > Our enemy is corruption, regulatory capture, monopolies, cartels. sounds good, how about Andreessen Horowitz start open sourcing the ip of their own failed startups. thats a good small step towards avoiding monopolies and democratizing IP, No, they wont because it hurts THEIR chances to be the dominant monopoly. thats the bottom line. a few more examples for select few capturing most of the gains of tech: - minimum wage essentially flat over last 30 years (considering number of people at or close to min wage) - best example of NIMBYism is lack of real estate development in silicon valley itself. look at RE prices & affordability in SV and you know all there is to know about what pure capitalism does to even the techno-optimists. - prices for already established drug like insulin or epipen over last 20 years or general hospital expenses - screw all that, even look at the realtor commission (about 6-7%) for doing almost nothing. why has that not been disrupted even though all info is essentially online. - pretty much all software wants to be tired subscription with value squeezed out over time. this is how they (VCs) evaluate exit potential of startups. Sure it all starts with providing an innovative product to customers but the underlying disruption essentially allows 'them' to squeeze additional value out of populace over time. bottom line, as citizens, are you and I working more or less compared to our parents? do we have more security (financial & otherwise) in life? are we more or less stressed? this will only get worse with AI by default. unless there is a dramatic shift business-as-usual. edit: formatting