> Genius’s mission was to “create the Internet Talmud,” wrote Marc Andreessen in a blog post in 2012, referring to interpretive texts on Judaism. He suggested the company could expand to “annotate the world,” including “poetry, literature, the Bible, political speeches, legal texts, science papers.” In fact, it had trouble expanding beyond its core group of music fans.
Just looking at Marc Andressen's article linked here[1] shows why that failed. The article is unreadable. The Genius UI works for rap and poetry, because there entire lines are highlighted. But seeing a sentence, a phrase or even a word highlighted is jarring. I wasn't able to read three paragraphs of it.
Just looking at Marc Andressen's article linked here[1] shows why that failed. The article is unreadable. The Genius UI works for rap and poetry, because there entire lines are highlighted. But seeing a sentence, a phrase or even a word highlighted is jarring. I wasn't able to read three paragraphs of it.
[1]: https://genius.com/Marc-andreessen-why-andreessen-horowitz-i...