Severin Matusek

There is a competition going on for authority online — not just authority in a particular subject matter, like politics or finance, but the authority to provide a comprehensive view of what matters on the internet, pointing out what to pay to attention to.

A lot of people say kids don’t have subcultures anymore. I don’t think that’s true. You just don’t have to commit to it like you used to. You don’t have to put on clown paint to find an identity anymore. Identity is being served around you, shaped whether you like it or not. Also, we didn’t have a number over our head every day showing our value,... See more

A core strategy of what we build at Metalabel is based on the assumption that CONTEXT is queen.

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

The takeaways? Consumers are redefining what value means to them, which is undoubtedly influencing how they shop. Discount and wholesale channels continue to attract consumers across age groups and income levels (for example, 80 percent of surveyed US Gen Zers report having shopped at a wholesaler in the previous month).29 Brands will need to... See more

Simon Denny Weirdly, I just mentioned Avery and Jon in a talk I did at a conference where Mat was also speaking, at the Academy of Fine Arts in Munich, at the invitation of Hito Steyerl’s Emergent Digital Media class. I prepared a talk called ‘Vibe Coding the Future’, presenting the context behind my AI plotter paintings. Part of the talk was about... See more

the ‘collaborative play’ (as Default Friend phrases it in the above tweet) aspect of TikTok really becomes apparent.