The Transformation of the Information Landscape

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Technology is transforming the economy in a number of ways. But some sectors, such as health care and education, are being transformed by software only. Technology drives out pricesa rights of technologyis teflation, aria in the sectors tatatthat it hits. The big critique i would level against ourselves is all the sectors of economy that are being transformation by software,. they're all small.

What's the single best thing happening in technology right now? According to entrepreneur and venture capitalist Marc Andreessen, it's the ability to live in rural Wisconsin but still earn a Silicon Valley salary. Andreessen also explains to EconTalk host Russ Roberts why software is still eating the world, why he's an optimist, and why he's still bullish on Bitcoin and the blockchain.