It's Not A Ponzi

As we’ve pushed past the dawn of this so-called creator renaissance, however, and the sun starts to loom high in the sky, I’ve found myself wondering where it all goes. 
I still think that the new models that have been, and continue to be, developed today can offer creators stability and financial freedom in a way that the gig life does not. Bu... See more

At the same time, I think there’s a real challenge around over-economizing some of these spaces. My experience in some of the early tokenized social networks is kind of this icky feeling that you’re not just talking to each other for, you know, for its own sake, but you’re trying to somehow exploit the relationship for monetary gain.

What’s worse is the deep capitalism poisoning that confuses consumerism with culture: a new water bottle despite having water bottles, simping for and falling for billionaire theatrics, happily welcoming the AI-fication of everything. A loser landscape is emerging, as teens want less sex in movies, as nightclubs close and sober bars rise, as nightl... See more