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Future — By and for the people building the future, from a16z
Future is a new site from a16z that explores how technology is transforming our world—from crypto and biology to gaming and social networks.
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Chris Messina
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A VC that is also media company. Interesting.
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I see he’s listed as a co-author of one story, but that feels like a stretch
Interesting that they bought future.com which redirects -> future.a16z.com. I imagine as they build this out, they will flip that, and future.com will be the main home for this.
Wish there article had the date stamp at the top than at the bottom. Especially for crypto articles time of posting is very relevant.
I hope this funds investigative journalism that holds power to account and isn’t just more PR/content marketing for VC but I guess time will tell.
@cathyreisenwitz I think the TC artice was pretty clear it won't be investigative journalism — but hopefully more than PR/marketing!
"The publication will cover topics that they find compelling with a broad theme of “rational optimism” — something that the firm feels there isn’t enough of in coverage of tech at large. This isn’t a news operation, Wennmachers says, and they will focus on future-focused informational and editorial content, rather than day-to-day tech occurrences."
I read "rational optimism" as a note to say they know it won't be completely without bias.
@chrismessina don't you find it strange that someone like a16z doesn't provide an RSS feed for a site like that, i mean would expect people on their team to rely on RSS to consume media content online, i know you've been around forever in the web tech world, would love to hear your opinion, is there something i'm missing, how are tech savvy people efficiently consuming online content these days? is there something better than RSS feeds? personally I can't imagine staying up to date about anything without RSS
Always loved the a16z podcast and content, a weird and interesting move, I like it!
I'm intrigued by how neither the title nor the caption gives me any clue what this product is about
