Severin Matusek

Flatness, like scalability, is efficient. The same culture flows through the same pipes to the same net-average consumer. But since when did efficiency become the sole metric by which we judge art? Filterworld represents the idea that the messiness of culture can be optimized and that only what is optimized for shareability is worthwhile. I... See more

“I work with celebrity mostly, and at times what’s happening is that the Max kind of people are more expensive than the celebrity because they’re moving units in a different way,” says creative consultant Chrissie Miller, a client and friend. “They just have an audience that is ready to buy.”

Web3 creates tools and new digital realities where this becomes practical.

In 2026, we’ve become accustomed to the idea that we’re living through a time of radical change, and basically powerless to do anything about it.

Tech people are not interested in appeals to virtue or beauty or tradition, like most conservatives,” the State Department official said. “They are more like right-wing progressives, and for a long time Moldbug was the only person speaking to them this way.”