Our digital lives will be increasingly split between

1. AI interfaces and agents traversing the legacy web for task completion and information


2. gigantic algorithmic social platforms that distribute creator content for entertainment and


3. an archipelago of high-trust private communities or group chats for connection and collaboration.

In its place, the real conversations and connections migrated to an archipelago of WhatsApp groups, Slacks, Discord servers and Signal chats. This is the Archipelago of Trust: self-selecting focused communities loosely bridged by mutual members and bounded by common norms.