Severin Matusek

There’s a missed opportunity to create culturally relevant moments and platforms to help young people struggling with loneliness. In the 21st century, brands and agencies have the chance to uplift communities and equip individuals with the tools to live a flourishing life. Examples include Dove’s self-esteem project, Hershey’s helping teens build... See more

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

Artists using these platforms ended up managing two disconnected worlds – their mainstream streaming presence on one side and their web3 collectors on the other.

The more I use AI, the more I realize ignoring its creative potential is like dismissing the ‘90s internet as a porn delivery system.

At first, I saw using AI as a binary choice between soulless efficiency or becoming a luddite and preserving your authentic human creativity.

Over the last few months, Claude has become my dream creative partner, and I... See more

Being raised by TV is a walk in the park compared to being raised by apps.

how in a post pandemic world, IRL is the new counterculture.

According to a draft of an unpublished Substack post, his newest plan is to promote Urbit as an élite private club whose members, he believes, are destined to become “the stars of the new public sphere—a new Usenet, a new digital Athens built to last forever.”

The rise of Onlyfans can be interpreted as a “commodification of intimacy” where, unlike porn, adult creators can now provide lonely men intimacy at scale over DMs.