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Danny Crichton is passionate about many things, including web development, entrepreneurship, labor economics, diplomacy, and East Asia. He is currently traveling in South Korea this year before returning to Silicon Valley to continue changing the world through the Internet.
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Category Archives: Internet
Why Vinod Khosla is Wrong on Gamification of Education
Vinod Khosla, writing on TechCrunch in his continuing series on how algorithms are going to replace everything, believes that there are two trends in the future confluence of the internet and the web: decentralization and gamification. His arguments regarding decentralization … Continue reading
Posted in Education, Internet, Technology, Uncategorized, United States
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Android versus iOS: The Power of Culture and Tools
My friend and former intern colleague Andrew Munn has raised quite a ruckus over the laggy behavior experience by users of Android. His original contention has been that Android lacks a dedicated UI thread, and thus is unable to compete … Continue reading
Posted in Internet, Mobile, Technology
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How Software is Destroying Society
Marc Andreessen is certainly bullish on the value of software if his recent op-ed in the WSJ, entitled “Why Software Is Eating The World,” is any indication. Andreessen writes that “My own theory is that we are in the middle … Continue reading
Posted in Internet, Politics, United States
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Will the Internet as we know it exist in 10 years?
Since its development decades ago by the Defense Department, the Internet has connected computers together in a decentralized, democratic way. Network design was open and transparent, themes built into all of the core protocols that underpin the internet today. The … Continue reading
The Dangerous Folly of Regional Technology Centers
David Brooks just wrote in the New York Times an interesting op-ed about his “magic green jacket” and the current political situation facing Democrats and President Obama. One of the suggestions he mentioned in the penultimate paragraph is to create … Continue reading
Posted in Internet, Politics, Science, United States
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Disinformation in a digital world
Originally published in the Stanford Weekly as part of a column series known as Academe’s Vanguard that explored issues related to the Stanford University community. When the internet first entered the public imagination, it was seen as a beacon of … Continue reading