I read it, maybe understood a tenth of it. I’m an old, tech-challenged gal and it was tough sledding.
Yeah, Gilder likes to show off his “techiness.” However, the main point I got (and I sent it to my tech guy who read it in minutes and had a detailed report) is that
*free ain’t free. We are increasingly paying with our time to do countless passwords, security clues, and then watch a ridiculous amount of ads to get the “free” stuff.
*As in anything, a top-down system is less likely ultimately to be as effective as a bottom up system. It will have advantages in the beginning-—like Nazi Germany-—but peter out when the “masses” get going.
*(for Gilder) the key is to correctly monetize everything.