Severin Matusek

. It’s easily argued that AI is both a byproduct and an accelerator of capitalism. If this is the case, then is a fear of AI simply a fear of capitalism? It’s certainly easier to imagine life without the widespread use of AI than it is to imagine life outside of capitalism, because a lot more of us have experienced it firsthand.

At Nike World Headquarters, Leenknegt and her team developed a foundation for what they called ‘Energy Marketing’ to build the “unspoken soul” of the brand. Marketing today may seem solely analytical, and performance based, but Leenknegt knows that to reach the consumer most effectively you need to realize that they are human; they desire... See more

This is an answer to the individualism of the creator economy.

Vibing a project – in which you simply speak the thing you want into existence by prompting – is now a popular approach.

We risk offloading the exploration, experiments, failures and lessons learnt...and this is where we become ourselves! I think its not only about how AI is adopted - its about treating (and funding!) the cultivation of human skills like creativity and curiosity with the same level of importance.

If the visual rhetoric of meme coins trades in irony, nostalgia, and populist spectacle, their deeper logic might reveal an even more profound dynamic: the transformation of speculation itself into a mode of promotional and ideological production.

It’s only when we establish ourselves on our terms — as Pitchfork , RIP, once did — that we build durable worlds of our own.

“When I think about the internet (which is impossible),” Natasha Stagg writes, “I feel similar to when I have a crush. I feel crushed.”