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The most transformative consumer revolutions rarely begin with industry leaders. They erupt when people reject entrenched systems and get a taste of something better. What comes next is always shaped by how people want to engage, not how companies wish they would. A look into what's next 👇 https://darkstarcrashes.xyz/media-2025-ai-agency-and-the-erosion-of-the-link-economy

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one big difference between '21 and '24 crypto is moving from building products we'd like to see in the world to building products we think can fit into this world.

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gm gm gm. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WZNhrhugfUY

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remember the titans. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7a4PJrCIdeo&list=RD7a4PJrCIdeo&start_radio=1

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the most potent systems, the ones that endure, are the ones you let go of, just enough to see what others do with them. 👇 https://darkstarcrashes.xyz/devotion-over-distribution

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With crypto and AI, users aren’t waiting on permission to use products, they’re pulling tools toward latent desires that many institutions haven't accounted for. It's flipping the innovation cycle from “what can the tech do?” to “what kind of behavior does the tech invite?” a massive network effect.

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On building the business of Subculture: The lesson from the past five years is clear in that the moat isn’t distribution, it’s devotion. Companies should stop asking, “How do we get people to care about our content or product?” and start asking, “What kind of world do we want to help them build?” The future of media isn’t centralized around creators, it’s networked across subcultures. The business of media is now the business of shared values, fluid participation, and emergent coordination. The goal isn't just entertainment or utility, it's the desire to have movements outlive us.

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to understand crypto is to understand fandom, as its momentum thus far has largely been a factor of eliciting and manufacturing subculture. you can find its evolving principles more deeply embedded in media and music than studying the history of the financial industry.

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think we'll start seeing an even further bifurcation of crypto products through culture. & that will include both how products are built and their desired outcomes. do you sell to web2? fair launch? this is a good thing. healthy growth and expansion of an industry built on ideals (though maybe loosely held).

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gm. Here's some Dilla v. Beach Boys. https://youtu.be/Zed-xaU3gx4?si=FBD1odIJKoKK3QHz

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The under-discussed truth is that AI isn’t just changing how we create, it’s changing how and where people consume. It’s not just less traffic. It’s fewer interfaces, fewer clicks, fewer moments of active engagement. What comes next is always shaped by how people want to engage, not how companies wish they would. https://darkstarcrashes.xyz/media-2025-ai-agency-and-the-erosion-of-the-link-economy

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trey at the 10:00+ mark may be playing the fastest guitar anyone's ever heard in the history of man. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YR4KqDaIIOQ

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every single human being should experience a live performance of First Tube at least once in their life.

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Oh fuck ya. https://youtu.be/lf1yivZj_Yg?si=iONR_-YYaHRnj5Bs

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is crypto (via BTC) the only tech revolution at mass scale that succeeded without being capital intensive (ie. raising capital)?

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we used to be cool. https://youtu.be/8ShNnDGRoCQ?si=rfIDg2O6Qq1mxFsT

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The most significant consumer revolutions arise from defying the will of established incumbents. we don't want to pay for music, click your links, ride your taxis, use your financial systems. destruction isn't the end, it's the blueprint for what's next.

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"The nature of digital technology is to embed, mix, smooth, disagreggate; too often, the image of decentralization conceals a quiet recentralization elsewhere. It’s not just advertising that is closer to our bodies, but every kind of information. With cryptocurrency, the spaces of traditional finance are reconstituted in the self ... in which the access point for dematerialized wealth is no longer the bank vault but the individual and their personal knowledge (their private key)." https://kneelingbus.substack.com/p/channel-surfing?utm_source=post-email-title&publication_id=12645&post_id=165204277&utm_campaign=email-post-title&isFreemail=true&r=ix1v&triedRedirect=true&utm_medium=email

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vampire weekend performed possibly the greatest encore of all time?

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