Why I Believe in Open Systems
Closed systems win the first round. Open systems win the decade — because innovation compounds when participation is open.
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Information wants to move freely.
Capital wants to move efficiently.
Ownership wants to become programmable.
Worldview
Technological change is inevitable. Whether it serves our principles is a choice.
What matters is not progress itself — it is open systems that distribute opportunity at global scale.
By democratizing access to capital and knowledge, open networks make a renaissance possible: creativity, wealth creation, and advancement driven by collective effort.
Closed systems win the first round. Open systems win the decade — because innovation compounds when participation is open.
readNot a position on price. A position on what Bitcoin demonstrated — that monetary rules can be enforced by transparent systems rather than by institutions.
readThe internet made information nearly free to move. Trust never got the same treatment — we hired institutions instead. That is the layer being built now.
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