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
