Severin Matusek
@severinmatusek
Writer and strategist, founder of co—matter
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Unfortunately, advertising has been ingrained into the internet as the basic model for so long and to such an extent that it’s hard to envision online life without the systematic manipulation of attention and all its evils. So we’re bound to wind up here, at the bitter end of “content.” Which is a good excuse to withdraw deeper into books, movies,... See more
Freddie deBoer • The Bitter End of "Content"
The internet is what allows what’s inside — our minds, our souls, our many selves — to interact with the insides of others. The internet is where our alts come alive, our internal monologues become dialogues, and a stray thought becomes a globally resonant meme. This is its miracle.
Yancey Strickler • The Dark Forest and the Post-Individual
The tech industry currently stands at a crossroads. At the twilight of social media, adtech, and crypto bull markets (bubbles?), tech workers and consumers are simultaneously exhausted by tech and starving for more. Shiny trends like Artificial Intelligence and Mixed Reality stand on the sidelines ready to transform latent frustrations into... See more
Bryan Lehrer • What Happened to the New Internet?
- Attention is infrastructure : Determines what gets funded, elected, or build
- Narrative is capital : It drives flows of money, policy, and sentiment.
- Speculation is the operating layer between the two - it’s how belief is tested, priced, and converted into outcomes before institutions act.
kyla scanlon • Trump, Mamdani, and Cluely
The first recorded use of ‘worldbuilding’ was in an issue of the Edinburgh Review , December 1820.
Without World - The White Review
Consistency and quality are everything.
Stephanie Rheingold • In Conversation With Burnt Toast of Doodles | OpenSea
Support humans, not robots. Robots don't support humans, they support The System/Capitalism/Oppression. No profits gained by greater corporate functionality are ever trickled down. Don't contribute to the fallacy by going along with it.
KittyNDisguise • How do You Feel About AI?
One significant thing these organizations and social technologies share is that they all seek to create new social paradigms, to stand apart from legacy institutions of finance and care.
Care Culture • Prototyping Social Forms of Care
If everyone can cheat their way to mastery, wealth, or beauty, they will see it as a giant permission slip to create new ways of finding meaning.