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

Blogger at ribbonfarm.com, running summerofprotocols.com, host of /gloom ☀️

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.

Good candidates:

NPC
User
Crustacean
Bottomwit
Degen
Influencer
Subscriber
Passenger

most people havent realized, but they are already subscribers to things monthly (grocery, electricity, water); and these businesses will eventually see advantages of a membership model