Clubhouse was an attempt by a16z to shoehorn an app into the unicorn club by clout alone. Thankfully, even COVID could not put that much hype into "AM Radio with Rounded Corners" as a designer friend put it. This screed cements my belief Silicon Valley stopped solving Big P Problems a decade ago, focusing on Little P inconveniences, rent seeking, and financialization.
Is Andreesen a Machiavellian genius intent on provoking his opponents in order to strengthen his support? Well maybe, but I have doubts. Does he even know any of the details of who disagrees with him or why? Historically he has shown no sign of this. Maybe he is just, you know, talking his book. It could as easily be about e.g. the Compound DAO indictment as any grand political program.
Clubhouse was an attempt by a16z to shoehorn an app into the unicorn club by clout alone. Thankfully, even COVID could not put that much hype into "AM Radio with Rounded Corners" as a designer friend put it. This screed cements my belief Silicon Valley stopped solving Big P Problems a decade ago, focusing on Little P inconveniences, rent seeking, and financialization.
Is Andreesen a Machiavellian genius intent on provoking his opponents in order to strengthen his support? Well maybe, but I have doubts. Does he even know any of the details of who disagrees with him or why? Historically he has shown no sign of this. Maybe he is just, you know, talking his book. It could as easily be about e.g. the Compound DAO indictment as any grand political program.