Mike Evans
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What’s clear is that people are fed up with the infrastructure we have and will do anything to break free from it.
Nick Houde • Good Is Out, Evil Is in ♞
the system will only make the system stronger, the next generation is instead opting for radical hyperstition: constructing alternative futures that abandon
Caroline Busta • The Internet Didn’t Kill Counterculture—you Just Won’t Find It on Instagram
The problem with the Lean Startup as a mindset is that it leads to a Minimal Viable Life. And I know many people feel like they’re living one these days. The Lean startup is a mental model that is ultimately not helpful for human flourishing. There are metaphysical, creative, and moral issues with it.
read.lukeburgis.com • Why We Need More Omakase Creators
Ideologies exploded into a million niche subcultures
Nick Houde • Good Is Out, Evil Is in ♞
For this to happen, however, the obsession with exclusivity in festival line-ups and cultural programs has to soften. We need cooperation, instead.
HOLO • Future Festivals Field Guide
In an era more profoundly organized by Big Tech than our own elected governments, the new culture to be countered isn’t singular or top-down. It’s rhizomatic, nonbinary, and includes all who live within the Google/Apple/Facebook/Amazon digital ecosystem (aka GAFA stack).
Caroline Busta • The Internet Didn’t Kill Counterculture—you Just Won’t Find It on Instagram
to the Dark Forest of the internet; off mainline socials where their speech and behavior was broadcast to anyone and into small niche communities on invite-only forums, p2p networks, and group chats.