140 Characters, Not Flying Cars: Maybe We Got Just What We Needed After All- John Lilly
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M AY B E W E G O T W H AT W E N E E D1 4 0 C H A R A C T E R S , N O T F LY I N G C A R S
J O H N L I L LY ( @ J O H N O L I L LY ) , G R E Y L O C K PA R T N E R S & C FA
W E L I V E I N A N A G E O F W O N D E R S
F LY I N G P H O T O G R A P H E R R O B O T S
E V E R Y W H E R E , M A P P E D
A N D I M A G E D : )
P R I N TA B L E B O D Y PA R T S
W E C O U L D D O T H I S F O R H O U R S
B U T S O M E H O W, I T ’ S N O T E N O U G H
W H Y N O H O M E R O B O T S ?
( O R B E N D I N G R O B O T S ) ?
O R I N V I S I B I L I T Y C L O A K S ?
O R T H I S ? ? ?
O R T R I C O R D E R S ?( A T L E A S T W E ’ R E C L O S E O N T H I S O N E ! )
- F O U N D E R S F U N D & P E T E R T H I E L
“We wanted flying cars; instead we got 140 characters.”
L E T ’ S U N PA C K T H AT A L I T T L E
• Puts the focus on pure technology innovation
• Prioritizes science and engineering breakthrough above all else
• To be clear: science & engineering is fundamental
!
• but…
T O P 1 0 T E C H N O L O G I E S O F L A S T 6 , 0 0 0 Y E A R S ( F R O M T H E AT L A N T I C ’ S J A M E S FA L L O W S )
1. Printing press
2. Electricity
3. Penicillin
4. Semiconductors
5. Optical Lenses
6. Paper
7. Internal Combustion Engine
8. Vaccination
9. The Internet
10. Steam Engine
T O P 1 0 T E C H N O L O G I E S O F L A S T 6 , 0 0 0 Y E A R S ( F R O M T H E AT L A N T I C ’ S J A M E S FA L L O W S )
1. Printing press
2. Electricity
3. Penicillin
4. Semiconductors
5. Optical Lenses
6. Paper
7. Internal Combustion Engine
8. Vaccination
9. The Internet
10. Steam Engine
T O P 1 0 T E C H N O L O G I E S O F L A S T 6 , 0 0 0 Y E A R S ( F R O M T H E AT L A N T I C ’ S J A M E S FA L L O W S )
1. Printing press
2. Electricity
3. Penicillin
4. Semiconductors
5. Optical Lenses
6. Paper
7. Internal Combustion Engine
8. Vaccination
9. The Internet
10. Steam Engine
T O P 1 0 T E C H N O L O G I E S O F L A S T 6 , 0 0 0 Y E A R S ( F R O M T H E AT L A N T I C ’ S J A M E S FA L L O W S )
1. Printing press
2. Electricity
3. Penicillin
4. Semiconductors
5. Optical Lenses
6. Paper
7. Internal Combustion Engine
8. Vaccination
9. The Internet
10. Steam Engine
3 / 1 0 A R E C O M M U N I C AT I O N S A D VA N C E S
T H E C O M M U N I C AT I O N A D VA N C E S A R E W H AT M A K E T H E R E S T P O S S I B L E .
B U T W E T E N D T O U N D E R E S T I M AT E T H E M B E C A U S E T H E Y O F T E N L O O K T R I V I A L T O S TA R T.
E X A M P L E : S P E E D O F L I G H T C O M M U N I C AT I O N S ( A K A T H E T E L E G R A P H )
- M I T C H K A P O R
“Architecture is politics.”
A R C H I T E C T U R E S O F PA R T I C I PAT I O N
• Tim O’Reilly, extending the ideas of Kapor & Lessig
• “We need to pay attention to the architecture of systems if we want to understand their effects.”
• Some system architectures as fundamentally participatory
• Open source & the web itself are essentially constructed out of open participation
H U M A N A R C H I T E C T U R E S , N O T P U R E LY T E C H N I C A L A R C H I T E C T U R E S , D E F I N E O U R C O M M U N I T I E S
The Internet, a while ago.
A N D W E ’ R E C R E AT I N G N E W S Y S T E M S W I T H N E W A R C H I T E C T U R E S N O W AT A R A P I D PA C E , T R A N S F O R M I N G L I F E
W H I C H B R I N G S U S B A C K T O 1 4 0 C H A R A C T E R S
S O : A R C H I T E C T U R E S M AT T E R
B U T A L S O : A R C H I T E C T S M AT T E R
T H AT ’ S Y O U .
A N D T H AT ’ S T H E O P P O R T U N I T Y.
W E H AV E T O K E E P B U I L D I N G B E T T E R & B E T T E R H U M A N A R C H I T E C T U R E S
T E C H N O L O G Y E N A B L E S , B U T A R C H I T E C T U R E S D E F I N E O U R C O M M U N I T I E S , A N D W E C A N M A K E T H E M M O R E H U M A N .
JOHN LILLY, GREYLOCK PARTNERS & CFA | @JOHNOLILLY