NET Society

NET Society

NET Society is unraveling the latest in digital art, crypto, AI, and tech. Join us for fresh insights and bold perspectives as we tap into wild, thought-provoking conversations. By: Derek Edwards (glitch marfa / collab+currency), Chris Furlong (starholder, LAO + Flamingo DAO), and Aaaron Wright & Priyanka Desai (Tribute Labs)

  1. 4 gg fa

    Ep83 Tub Based Technology

    The Net Society crew welcomes collector and digital art advocate Redbeard for a wide-ranging conversation about where crypto art goes next. They begin with the upcoming Basel exhibition and the challenge of building a genuine art movement without losing the strange, internet-native culture that made the space compelling. From there, the group examines the need for more collectors, contributors, artist residencies, and other forms of patronage beyond simply buying work. The conversation turns to the parallel AI art ecosystem, asking whether AI art and crypto art will converge or remain distinct movements shaped by different ideas of process, permanence, and ownership. Redbeard then responds to recent debates around innovation, gatekeeping, and the supposed collector cabal, arguing that structural problems are real but experimentation and opportunity remain. The crew explores accessible pricing, community building, artistic quality, and why some artists are better equipped than others to develop sustainable careers. They close by calling for digital art to stop chasing institutional approval, rediscover its disruptive energy, and embrace the cultural transformation being driven by AI, robotics, and a new generation of creators. Mentioned in the episode Special guest Redbeard https://x.com/redbeardnft Art Basel https://x.com/ArtBasel Aire bathshttps://beaire.com/en/aire-ancient-baths-newyork# Show & Hosts Net Society: https://x.com/net__society Aaron Wright: https://x.com/awrigh01 Chris F: https://x.com/ChrisF_0x Derek Edwards: https://x.com/derekedws Priyanka Desai: https://x.com/pridesai Producer/Editor: https://x.com/0xFnkl (00:00) - Redbeard, Basel & Building an Art Movement (07:11) - Supporting Artists Beyond Collecting (11:16) - AI Art, Crypto Art & Competing Ontologies (25:55) - Criticism, Innovation & the Collector Cabal (36:14) - Patronage, Pricing & Creative Infrastructure (49:50) - Artistic Success, Community & Distribution (57:10) - Institutions, Disruption & a New Renaissance (01:07:10) - Welcome & Disclaimer

    1h 8m

  2. 8 giu

    Ep82 Congrats Cassandra

    The Net Society crew is back together for a wide-ranging conversation on crypto, AI, art, and the strange timing problems shaping the current market. They begin with the disconnect between crypto prices and onchain growth, weighing durable signals like stablecoins, RWAs, ETH activity, and agent standards against leverage, volatility, and renewed concerns around Zcash. From there, the episode turns into a deeper debate about AI fast takeoff, IPO narratives, model costs, market bubbles, and whether rapid technological progress can still create near-term economic dislocation. The crew then shifts into digital art, asking whether the next wave of creative energy is moving away from traditional NFT markets and into AI-driven artistic production. They close by exploring the coming wealth effects of AI IPOs, the future of philanthropy, the millennial midlife crisis, personalized media, community, and whether AI should be shaped by sovereign wealth funds, taxes, or broader industrial policy. Mentioned in the episode AI is moving fast https://x.com/AnthropicAI/status/2062568862479208923 Third wave of American philanthropy https://nanransohoff.substack.com/p/the-third-wave-of-american-philanthropy Gmoney and Hunter Biden? https://x.com/gmoneyNFT/status/2062888418229596409?s=20 Show & Hosts Net Society: https://x.com/net__society Aaron Wright: https://x.com/awrigh01 Chris F: https://x.com/ChrisF_0x Derek Edwards: https://x.com/derekedws Priyanka Desai: https://x.com/pridesai Production Producer/Editor: https://x.com/0xFnkl (00:00) - Crypto Drawdown vs Onchain Growth (05:37) - Zcash, Product Design & Verification (07:37) - AI Fast Takeoff, IPOs & Market Timing (30:11) - Digital Art, AI Creativity & NFTs (37:22) - AI Wealth, Philanthropy & Millennial Midlife (47:08) - Personal Media, Community & Life Stages (52:21) - AI Industrial Policy, Taxes & Tech Optimism (59:44) - Welcome & Disclaimer

    1 h

  3. 1 giu

    Ep81 Stay Native

    The Net Society crew is joined by Alejandro from Fellowship for a full-episode debate on the state of NFTs, crypto art, and digital art in 2026. Sparked by Pri’s essay and Alejandro’s response, the conversation digs into what made NFTs feel new in the first place, from internet-native markets and global distribution to transparent ownership and community formation. Alejandro pushes on the limits of decentralization, arguing that while ownership and access may be open, attention, visibility, and support are still far more centralized than the space likes to admit. From there, the crew debates whether crypto art has drifted too far toward traditional art logic, whether collectors are asking the wrong things from the medium, and whether artists need to take bigger risks with work that feels native to the rails. They also explore the difference between crypto art, digital art, and contemporary art, before turning to attention, distribution, pricing, auctions, royalties, and the long hangover from the last NFT cycle. The episode wraps with a more open-ended conclusion: there is no single path forward, but the space probably needs more experimentation, more honest reflection, and less nostalgia for the moment when everything only went up. Mentioned in the episode Special guest Alejandro Cartagena https://x.com/halecar2 Pri’s ‘Stay Native’ article https://x.com/pridesai/status/2057851772924833837 Alejandro’s response https://x.com/halecar2/status/2058180410476019953 Joana’s response https://x.com/museumghostart/status/2058550572345704895 Show & Hosts Net Society: https://x.com/net__society Aaron Wright: https://x.com/awrigh01 Chris F: https://x.com/ChrisF_0x Derek Edwards: https://x.com/derekedws Priyanka Desai: https://x.com/pridesai Production & Marketing Producer/Editor: https://x.com/0xFnkl Social: https://x.com/v_kirra (00:00) - Pri’s Essay & Alejandro’s Response (02:27) - Decentralization, Visibility & Support (05:39) - Crypto Art Fundamentals & Collector Fit (13:21) - Categories, Risk & Native Work (27:11) - Crypto Art, Digital Art & Open Definitions (37:10) - Attention, Distribution & Market Coordination (45:20) - Time, Price Discovery, Royalties & Paths Forward (01:02:45) - Welcome & Disclaimer

    1h 3m

  4. 25 mag

    Ep80 Everything Old is Networked Again

    The Net Society crew is back together for a wide-ranging conversation on AI IPO season, market structure, and where capital flows next. They kick things off by debating whether massive public listings from SpaceX, OpenAI, and Anthropic could mark a top, a wealth creation event, or a new chapter in the AI economy. From there, they explore how the AI trade is pulling attention away from crypto, the role of data centers as the new bottleneck, and whether ETH benefits from building in the shadow of the AI boom. The conversation then turns to open source models, local AI, margin compression, and whether frontier AI companies should be valued like software businesses or utilities. Later, the crew gets into orbital data centers, regulatory arbitrage in space, and the “network state” taking its final form above Earth. The episode wraps with a cultural detour through paid speech, dead internet theory, New York discourse, vibe shifts, political exhaustion, and the strange experience economy of waiting in line for mediocre coffee. Mentioned in the episode SpaceX IPO https://x.com/FT/status/2057896888863510658 Sam Altman overdoses on GLP-1s https://x.com/Overlap_Tech/status/2056847843743162448 Show & Hosts Net Society: https://x.com/net__society Aaron Wright: https://x.com/awrigh01 Chris F: https://x.com/ChrisF_0x Derek Edwards: https://x.com/derekedws Priyanka Desai: https://x.com/pridesai Production & Marketing Producer/Editor: https://x.com/0xFnkl Social: https://x.com/v_kirra (00:00) - AI IPO Season & Retail Liquidity (06:16) - Data Centers, Crypto Risk & The AI Casino (10:24) - ETH, Network Effects & AI Compression (13:59) - Open Source AI, Local Models & Utility Economics (27:14) - Orbital Data Centers & Regulatory Arbitrage (40:09) - Paid Speech, Dead Internet & Sovereign Opinion (43:01) - New York Discourse, Vibe Shifts & Coffee Lines (01:00:53) - Welcome & Disclaimer

    1h 1min

  5. 18 mag

    Ep79 Celebrity Wrappers

    The Net Society crew is back together to unpack a week of internet spectacle, AI froth, crypto privacy, and demographic anxiety. They kick things off with Shl0ms’ Monet fakeout, using the viral AI art discourse to talk about attention games, bots, and the strange durability of crypto art. From there, they debate Martha Stewart’s AI home management startup and whether celebrity-backed ChatGPT wrappers are a real consumer wedge or just another top signal. The conversation then widens into model commoditization, low switching costs, U.S.-China chip strategy, robotics, and the next phase of the AI race. The crew also digs into Zcash, financial privacy, Hyperliquid’s USDH drama, and the exhaustion of retail crypto getting co-opted by insiders. The episode wraps with a detour through World Cup bloat, declining birth rates, “full-time children,” family formation, and the unsettling prospect of pregnancy robots. Mentioned in the episode SCHL0MS Monet post https://x.com/SHL0MS/status/2054280631807316329 Martha Stuart Home AI https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20260512987617/en/Martha-Stewart-Announces-Hint-a-New-Home-Management-Platform-Built-on-Human-Expertise-and-AI 99% of people don’t use paid AI https://x.com/JohnLeFevre/status/2025334966884708846 Trump’s trip to China https://x.com/nypost/status/2055098939351650595 Robots working 8 hour shift https://x.com/adcock_brett/status/2054603963996278786 Coinbase x Hyperliquid news https://x.com/coinbase/status/2054894760859504936 World Cup halftime show lineup https://www.fifa.com/en/tournaments/mens/worldcup/canadamexicousa2026/articles/madonna-shakira-bts-co-headline-historic-final-halftime-show Jasmine Sun China on AI and work https://x.com/jasminewsun/status/2055069143716766099 Show & Hosts Net Society: https://x.com/net__society Aaron Wright: https://x.com/awrigh01 Chris F: https://x.com/ChrisF_0x Derek Edwards: https://x.com/derekedws Priyanka Desai: https://x.com/pridesai Production & Marketing Producer/Editor: https://x.com/0xFnkl Social: https://x.com/v_kirra (00:00) - Shl0ms, Monet & AI Art Discourse (06:44) - Bots, Attention Games & Online Astroturfing (10:54) - Martha Stewart & Celebrity AI Wrappers (15:24) - Model Commoditization & Low Switching Costs (23:27) - China, Chips, Robotics & the AI Race (36:03) - Zcash, Privacy & Hyperliquid’s USDH Drama (43:03) - World Cup Bloat, Birth Rates & Pregnancy Robots (58:33) - Welcome & Disclaimer

    59 min

  6. 12 mag

    Ep78 Slop, Stunts & Millennial Politics

    The Net Society crew is back together for a wide-ranging conversation on politics, crypto, AI, and the accelerating weirdness of the internet. They open with Spencer Pratt’s LA political rise, using it as a lens for how celebrity, AI slop videos, and direct-to-feed campaigning may be reshaping political media. From there, they compare LA and New York political content, Mamdani’s street-level style, and the possibility of a broader reform movement breaking through old institutional structures. The crew then turns to crypto, unpacking major token and infrastructure moves around Arc, Canton, Circle, public companies, and the growing convergence between blockchains and traditional finance. Consensus in Miami becomes a referendum on crypto’s cringe problem, before the conversation shifts into AI, where Anthropic, xAI, Colossus, Cursor, Grok, OpenClaw, Hermes, and agent harnesses all point toward a new phase of frontier technology competition. The episode closes by asking whether AI agents are following a DeFi-like arc: real innovation buried under waves of noise. Mentioned in the episode Spencer Pratt LA Mayor Campaign AI Slop vid https://x.com/charliebcurran/status/2051647381981290697 Mamdani Ken Griffin video https://x.com/NYCMayor/status/2044508902809628760?s=20 Bullish acquires Equiniti https://www.wsj.com/finance/currencies/crypto-exchange-bullish-strikes-4-2-billion-deal-for-transfer-agent-in-tokenization-push-4af8f41f Consensus 2026 memes https://x.com/cryptosmiff/status/2053175297818911145?s=20 And https://x.com/brookejlacey/status/2053196312091427119 xAI and Cursor https://x.com/xDaily/status/2052867330418335989 Show & Hosts Net Society: https://x.com/net__society Aaron Wright: https://x.com/awrigh01 Chris F: https://x.com/ChrisF_0x Derek Edwards: https://x.com/derekedws Priyanka Desai: https://x.com/pridesai Production & Marketing Producer/Editor: https://x.com/0xFnkl Social: https://x.com/v_kirra (00:00) - Spencer Pratt, LA Politics & AI Slop Campaigning (08:35) - Political Ads, Memes & the New Media Playbook (19:17) - The Pratt Hat, Reform Movements & Institutional Frustration (22:59) - Arc, Canton, Circle & Public Company Tokens (29:46) - Consensus Miami & Crypto’s Cringe Problem (33:25) - Anthropic, xAI, Cursor & the Compute Wars (38:10) - OpenClaw, Hermes & the Future of Agent Harnesses (46:50) - Welcome & Disclaimer

    47 min

  7. 4 mag

    Ep77 The Headless Internet

    The Net Society crew is joined by John from SuperRare for a wide-ranging conversation on AI agents, headless software, crypto infrastructure, and the strange future of machine-mediated markets. They open with AI psychosis, neurotic models, compute subsidies, and the rising push toward CLI-first products, before exploring what happens when agents become the primary users of SaaS, payments, marketplaces, research tools, and crypto rails. From there, Aaron walks through a set of 2035 and 2040 agent economy predictions, including autonomous micro-enterprises, agent procurement, machine capital markets, self-sovereign AI, robotic factories, and AI-managed civic infrastructure. The episode then turns toward internet culture, Brian Johnson, peptides, crypto’s identity crisis, NFT market momentum, DeFi hacks, AI-assisted hacking, and the question of what new digital culture could actually bring buyers and creators back into the room. Mentioned in the episode Guest John from SuperRare https://x.com/SuperRareJohn Rare protocol https://rare.xyz/?utm_source=chatgpt.com Bankr https://x.com/bankrbot Brian Johnson Tweet https://x.com/bryan_johnson/status/2049687845082910812 Show & Hosts Net Society: https://x.com/net__society Aaron Wright: https://x.com/awrigh01 Chris F: https://x.com/ChrisF_0x Derek Edwards: https://x.com/derekedws Priyanka Desai: https://x.com/pridesai Production & Marketing Producer/Editor: https://x.com/0xFnkl Social: https://x.com/v_kirra

    57 min
  8. EP 76 Spiritual Geography

    27 apr

    EP 76 Spiritual Geography

    Everything is Casino. The Digital Art Timeline is a Church Basement Art Fair. New York is alive and well. Austin and El Segundo are hardware hot zones. Another Vibe Shift? The future of adaptive web design and AI UX. Etc.... Show & Hosts Net Society: https://x.com/net__society Aaron Wright: https://x.com/awrigh01 Chris F: https://x.com/ChrisF_0x Derek Edwards: https://x.com/derekedws Priyanka Desai: https://x.com/pridesai Production & Marketing Substitute Producer/Editor: https://x.com/v_kirraThe usual Producer/Editor: https://x.com/0xFnkl

    59 min
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Descrizione

NET Society is unraveling the latest in digital art, crypto, AI, and tech. Join us for fresh insights and bold perspectives as we tap into wild, thought-provoking conversations. By: Derek Edwards (glitch marfa / collab+currency), Chris Furlong (starholder, LAO + Flamingo DAO), and Aaaron Wright & Priyanka Desai (Tribute Labs)

Informazioni

  • Creatore
    NET Society
  • Anni di attività
    2024 - 2026
  • Puntate
    83
  • Classificazione
    Contenuti espliciti
  • Copyright
    © NET Society
  • Sito web del podcast
    NET Society

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