Return on Intelligence, Part 1: Echoes
The article reflects on the author's experiences in the tech scene during the dotcom bubble, particularly focusing on the influence of the book 'Net Gain.' It discusses how this book provided a vision for the future of the internet and its potential to transform various aspects of society. The author draws parallels between the past and the current developments in AI, suggesting a similar paradigm shift is underway.
- ▪The author kept business cards from investor and founder events in San Francisco around 2000 for posterity.
- ▪'Net Gain' by John Hagel and Arthur Armstrong was influential in shaping the tech community's understanding of the internet's potential.
- ▪The author believes that AI is poised to bring about significant changes in commerce, communication, and culture, akin to the changes anticipated during the dotcom era.
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Part 1: Echoes The business cards in the drawer I still have two packs of business cards from people I met at investor and founder events in San Francisco around 2000. I kept them for posterity. At the time, I did not know quite what I was keeping. I was working with a company inside the dotcom bubble. I spent time around people seeking investment, pitching ideas, trying to explain why the internet would change everything, and why their particular company would be one of the companies that survived and captured the upside. There was a strange atmosphere around it all. It was not just greed, although there was plenty of greed. It was not just naivety, although there was plenty of that too.
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