Severin Matusek
@severinmatusek
Writer and strategist, founder of co—matter
co-matter.comSeverin Matusek
Layoffs. Side hustles. Freelancers everywhere. Elaborate new titles.
What even is a “career path” now?I don’t think this is just a downturn
It's not a glitch, it’s a whole new operating system
“market but also all risk borne on individuals not orgs and with that the loss of expertise building, domain knowledge, and institutional knowledge. It means everyone will eventually be starting from scratch with every process on ever project, ending up in the same problem crypto people have where they are constantly "inventing" things that have existed for centuries.”
That said, I’m not concerned about AI and creativity, because it does give images this very homogenous look that can look a little basic, too hyperreal. What does worry me is everything around that, for instance, corporate photography and commercials, things like that. For me, it’s the loss of authenticity that frightens me, this is why I want to... See more
Beauty, Authorship, and AI: A Conversation with Photographer Gil Ansel
Proud to have 3FACE enter the @MuseumModernArt collection.
And grateful to @outland_art for setting the stage and bridging worlds.
It’s never simple nor routine for an institution to collect dynamic art - i.e. art that changes state.
But it is this quality of... See more
Lorecraft and
- As traditional institutions lose credibility, more activity shifts to attention-based platforms.
- As more activity shifts to attention-based platforms, the incentives become more distorted.
- As the incentives become more distorted, traditional institutions lose more credibility.
kyla scanlon • From Dollar Dominance to the Slop Machine
Institutions embody the collective agreement and fabric of meaning that, above any external forces, builds, as opposed to extracts from, cultural and social value. In the age of platforms, the challenge is to reconfigure and revive institutions, employing “intra-institutional technology” that augments their missions without cannibalizing them,... See more
Mike Pepi • This Utopia Does Not Exist: My talk @ MIT
Now there’s a fifth way: Be a part of entire large nomadic scenes with no particular geographic base, but with highly complex organizational capabilities and internal economic engines. The Ethereum ecosystem is a very good example of this phenomenon. It has the scale, operational complexity, and economic mass of a major multi-national corporation,... See more
Venkatesh Rao • Placemaking vs. Mission-Shaping - By Venkatesh Rao
Early tokenization efforts had smart ideas; they built new markets and created new ways for artists to make money. These experiments proved particularly valuable for artists with dedicated fan communities but often created parallel economies operating separately from traditional distribution channels.