Software for Your Head

INTRODUCTION

The Core V. 1.0 Background

We didn't create The Core. Instead, we watched it grow. We did, however, along with John Rae-Grant, create the set of initial conditions under which The Core protocols, or something very much like them, would almost certainly emerge. Over the years, we have maintained healthy conditions for Core evolution. Along the way, we also pruned the tree from growing into a few false directions. And we added resources: our own money, time, focus, and stamina. We protected it. Took notes. Tried it out. Passed it out.

A proper credit also has to include the hundreds of product developers and other students from around the world who contributed to The Core's development over the years. Crediting one person or segment ...