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Whatever the differences among each specific author’s visions, the synthetic worlds of Stephenson, Gibson, the Wachowskis, Dick, Bradbury, and Weinbaum are all presented as dystopias. Yet there is no reason to assume that such an outcome is inevitable, or even likely, for the actual Metaverse. A perfect society tends not to make for much human drama, and human drama is the root of most fiction.
The Metaverse
Matthew Ball
That’s why I’ve “overpaid” almost every direct report I’ve ever had to ensure I had top-tier people in place. When I pay someone a big bonus or see the value of their equity keep rising, I have the satisfaction of knowing it’s a twofer, because I’ve been careful to align that person’s incentive structure with the company’s goals. The only way to earn windfall money in my companies is to make outsized contributions to value creation.
How to Make a Few Billion Dollars
Brad Jacobs
Where does that leave us? Throwing out more B2B products without any point-of-view or depth will continue to have diminishing returns for users. One way forward for anyone looking to build B2B software is to take the other side of the product tradeoff. Especially in highly immersive and specialized verticals, there’s still opportunity to increase how useful third-party software scaffolding is. The scaffolding will address a far narrower base of users, but it will be more useful to customers than a generic scaffolding tool.
Mo’ Software, Same Problems
sophdeng.github.io
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