by Chris Dixon
First published 2025
Chris Dixon watches the old internet crumble from his Silicon Valley office. Tech giants wage war over user data while startups promise decentralized alternatives. Dixon finds himself caught between venture capitalists demanding returns and engineers building blockchain protocols that could remake everything. Corporate boardrooms clash with crypto communities. Traditional platforms fight to maintain control as new networks emerge. Dixon must choose between protecting existing investments and backing technologies that threaten the current order. His decisions will determine whether the next internet serves users or masters them. The future of digital connection hangs in the balance as old powers resist the forces of change.
Genres: business, computers, non-fiction, technology, 21st-century, internet
Vibes: intimate, suspenseful, thought-provoking
Tropes: corporate-vs-startup, old-vs-new, technology-disruption
Setting: Silicon Valley
Period: 21st Century
312 pages · Paperback · Oceano