Episode 8: Chase Van Etten

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