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The Master Switch: The Rise and Fall of Information Empires
History / Technology
A history of how every great information technology - radio, film, telephony, the internet - cycles from open to closed and back. Karpathy reads it as a warning shot for how LLMs and the AI stack will consolidate.
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Andrej Karpathy
On the curated Karpathy recommends list; he has discussed its 'Cycle' thesis as a lens for thinking about LLM platforms and centralization.
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Stewart Butterfield
“The book is excellent.”
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Brian Armstrong
“I do agree that all networks tend toward centralization over time. Great book on this.”