Jack Dorsey

Biography

Co-founder of Twitter and Square (Block), Bitcoin maximalist.

Notable Quotes

On Digital Currency and Monetary Policy

"Bitcoin changes absolutely everything. It's the most important thing I can work on in my lifetime."

—Jack Dorsey, Bitcoin 2021 Conference (2021), June 4, 2021, Miami

On Network Effects and Platform Monopolies

"The days of usenet, irc, the web... even email (with PGP)... were amazing. Centralizing discovery and identity into corporations really damaged the internet."

—Jack Dorsey, Twitter (2019), December 11, 2019 Link

On Attention Economy and Information Overload

"AI will make content moderation both easier and more dangerous."

—Jack Dorsey, TED Interview (2019), April 16, 2019, Interview by Chris Anderson

On Zero Marginal Cost Society

"We're moving toward a world where content is infinite and attention is the scarcest resource."

—Jack Dorsey, Square Earnings Call (2020), May 6, 2020

On Creative Destruction in AI Era

"Social media needs to move from hosting content to pointing to content."

—Jack Dorsey, Bluesky Announcement (2019), December 11, 2019

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