Exit strategy
by Douglas Rushkoff · first published 2002
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"A near-future retelling of the biblical story of Joseph, Exit Strategy traces the moral compromises of an ex-hacker named Jamie Cohen. Like Joseph, Jamie is betrayed but then finds himself at the right hand of a powerful civilization building pyramids - except these are investment pyramids based on technology idols. As Jamie is drawn further and further into the bullish mentality of the marketplace, he finds that people begin mutating into bulls - real ones - all around him."--BOOK JACKET.
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…and Amazon, and even Yahoo is still around (which acquired Viaweb). Do you honestly think Twitter is worth $8 billion dollars without a business model? Please, read this book: http://www.amazon.com/Exit-Strategy-Douglas-Rushkoff/dp/1887...
on “Twitter Closing $800M Funding Round at $8 Billion Valuation” ↗I highly recommend the book "Exit Strategy" by Douglas Rushkoff. Although it is fiction, it is an entertaining read of the attitude you describe during the dot.com boom. I remember reading it a chapter at a time, as it was released, I think…
on “Silicon Valley Is Not Your Friend” ↗Reads like a bad version of Douglas Rushkoff's Exit Strategy. http://www.amazon.com/Exit-Strategy-Douglas-Rushkoff/dp/1887...
on “How Facebook Can Become Bigger In Five Years Than Google Is Today” ↗…correct in assuming this is only a US problem? I am curious what the landscape will look like in the next decade, as "data" prices increase, while local storage continues to plummet. It reminds me of "Exit Strategy" by Douglas Rushkoff, where it discusses vertical brand integration.
on “The implications of the end of net neutrality” ↗Comcast is late to the party as a "mobile content provider". To "compete" in the US now, these companies must provide both content and mobile connectivity. Reminds me of Douglas Rushkoff's "Exit Strategy" (vertical brand alliances), or some weird v2 of Prodigy, Compuserve, AOL. Telecom offerings in the US is a sad state of affairs.
on “Comcast Enters Wireless Business With $45-a-Month Service” ↗