Society is now locked in an existential struggle with itself to decide what archetype will replace “consumer” the way “consumer” replaced “citizen” in the 1950s

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No, it ain’t “creator” or “builder” or any such high-energy positive archetype.

It will be a low-energy least-resistance archetype of unrepentant mediocrity.  “Airdrop-farming degen” is a crypto-local version of whatever the general version will be.

Rebranding of “NPC”? I still think your framing of above/below the API from a few years ago is one of the best descriptions.

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Tbh , NPC is as derogatory relative to consumer as that was relative to citizen, it might just end up sticking!

Yeah definitely in the neighborhood of NPC