Benedict Evans used to be a partner at Andreessen Horowitz. Benedict has been working in the media and technology industries for 15 years. He first entered the i...
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Benedict Evans used to be a partner at Andreessen Horowitz. Benedict has been working in the media and technology industries for 15 years. He first entered the industry as a sell-side equity analyst in investment banking before moving on to strategy and business development roles at Orange, Channel 4 and NBC Universal. Benedict writes about and discusses strategic and operating issues around consumer technology, ecosystems and mobile platform on his blog and on Twitter.
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Mar 11
Idle observation...
We don't have to do the research to know whether our food is safe, or whether that person calling themself a doctor is qualified, or whether this apartment building will fall down. These are specialist fields, and we delegate. That's why regulation exists
We don't have to do the research to know whether our food is safe, or whether that person calling themself a doctor is qualified, or whether this apartment building will fall down. These are specialist fields, and we delegate. That's why regulation exists
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Jul 30, 2022
I’m much less interested in crypto criticism that takes the form of things everyone says about every new tech (it doesn’t scale, it’s not useful, that already exists) than in questions like whether self-custody can be viable for consumer, or smart contacts could become safe.
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Jan 30, 2022
I understand the reasons why, but it still amazes me there isn’t a good hotel in the Bay Area
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