In a bit of a departure from our normal format, Daniel Keller⁠⁠ interviews Chase Van Etten⁠⁠, founder and CEO of Vaporware about his background and vision for the company. 
We discuss: 

Absorbing the California Ideology by osmosis growing up in Petaluma

How custom car culture informs Chase’s approach to technology

Gaming as CEO Mode trainer Vs. depressive real world agency drainer 

Marketplaces as cooperation tech and the need to maximize informational flow rates

How Vaporware aims to address the complexities of social computing

Right and wrong approaches to standardization in software 

The multidimensional problem space of growing a radical software project as a startup

Taking on megacorp incumbents by doing things outside the scope of their business model

The great app-less future, (that Apple doesn’t want you to have)

The Operating Function as a new paradigm in computing and foundation for a sovereign Exocortex

Functional programming providing the basis for reliable and trustworthy distributed systems and software

Vaporware’s competition and target audience 

The political implications of our technology and legal and ethical challenges

Community sovereignty and individual sovereignty

Some differing views on the pace of AI development 

How insanely high Chase thinks your monthly software bill is going to be in 10 years

Different ways you can participate in our project if you’re interested!


Artwork: Peter Cain, “Z”, 1989

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