Brandon Marcus

That said, what ‘liberalism’ often now refers to at the level of vibes , is a kind of surface-level niceness that most readily takes root in sub-sections of wealthier socio-economic classes.

In this newsletter age, especially with Substack, it is hard for some people—to convince them that it would be a better idea to start a co-op with other people rather than just go alone. Because if you do Substack and you get a decent number of subscribers, you can make a lot of money.

So I do think that is somewhat of an impediment to this kind of... See more

What I learned about media literacy through that is that people do want to be more media-literate, but they also don’t want to be told that they were wrong about something. They want to be let down gently.

Everyone becomes a pundit in their own feed, performing their identity through commentary and reaction. This isn't coincidental; it's the logical endpoint of a system optimized for engagement above all else.

The math driving this convergence is singular: engagement equals distribution equals survival. Find it at any cost.

the collapse of traditional boundaries between content types, creators, and consumers into a singular, networked experience. This "media singularity" represents not just an evolution in how we create and consume content, but a fundamental rewiring of how information, entertainment, and human connection intersect