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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. 12/22/2025

    Ep59 '26 Hyperstitions for 30 People

    The crew explores what a post software world could look like as AI collapses the cost of building and reshapes where real constraints now sit. The conversation moves through the limits of current AI tooling, the growing “abundance” narrative, and why white collar work, especially law, may face deeper disruption than expected. From open source eroding AI moats to 2026 crypto predictions around regulation, token models, and ERC20s, the group examines how value, incentives, and business models are being reworked in real time. The episode closes by zooming out to NFTs, digital art, and the metaverse, questioning which cultural and spatial forms actually survive once software stops being scarce. Mentioned in the episode Harvey legal AI https://x.com/harvey Derek’s thread on state of crypto https://x.com/derekedws/status/2001699465519042738 Mathcastles 4 year anniversary https://x.com/Mathcastles 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 Editor: https://x.com/0xFnkl Social: https://x.com/v_kirra (00:00) - Post-Software and Code Abundance (05:51) - AI Tooling Friction and Product Reality (08:44) - Abundance Narratives, Energy, and Regulation (14:53) - AI in Law and White Collar Work (27:15) - Open Source, Moats, and AI Commoditization (31:13) - Crypto 2026 Predictions and Regulatory Clarity (48:37) - NFTs, Digital Art, and the Metaverse Thesis (01:13:33) - Welcome & Disclaimer

    1h 14m

  2. 12/15/2025

    Ep58 Latvian Blondes and Bubbles

    The crew explores whether AI is actually in a bubble or simply in a messy but necessary boom phase. The group breaks down recent commentary from market veterans, the rapid collapse in AI costs, and what real signals of excess versus durability look like. From the shifting role of experts and institutions to how AI is reshaping work, organizations, and incentives, the conversation moves into crypto, capital allocation, and why resistance to change is more likely to be sidelined than resolved. The episode then widens out to culture and geopolitics, touching on demographic decline, Gen Z political revolts, media saturation, and the fragmentation of the future into parallel paths. The discussion closes with a sharp take on art, spectacle, and why cultural gatekeepers are struggling to adapt to a more direct, participatory era. Mentioned in the episode The age of experts is ending https://x.com/emollick/status/1999189828756263359?s=20 Is AI in a bubble? https://www.oaktreecapital.com/insights/memo/is-it-a-bubble 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 Editor: https://x.com/0xFnkl Social: https://x.com/v_kirra (00:00) - Are We in an AI Bubble (04:10) - Tech Booms, Bubbles, and AGI (09:24) - Experts, Institutions, and Adaptation (14:05) - Crypto, Capital, and Market Discipline (21:26) - AI, Work, and Organizational Change (30:54) - Demographics, Culture, and the Future (50:19) - Welcome & Disclaimer (50:38) - Art, Spectacle, and Cultural Gatekeepers

    55 min

  3. 12/08/2025

    Ep57 Warlord as a Service

    The crew opens with Thanksgiving before diving into prediction markets, why they suddenly matter, and how insider knowledge is already shaping outcomes. They explore the financialization of everything, the social cost of hyper efficient markets, and what happens when AI and robotics reshape labor and demographics. The discussion moves into autonomous cars, insurance, and cultural shifts before closing with Basel, the rise of digital art, and how crypto native creators are pushing the medium forward. Mentioned in the episode Polymarket on 60 minutes https://www.cbsnews.com/video/60minutes-2025-11-30/ Kangaroo Bio https://x.com/DraperVC/status/1970880937924935887 The Depopulation Trade Article https://blog.unrulycap.com/the-depopulation-trade-an-unruly-thesis/ Beeple Dog’s at Art Basel https://x.com/nypost/status/1996365399777017919 Jack Butcher - Self Checkout https://x.com/jackbutcher/status/1995895014895837481 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 Editor: https://x.com/0xFnkl Social: https://x.com/v_kirra (00:00) - Thanksgiving Catch Up (01:17) - Why Prediction Markets Took Off (08:05) - Insider Info and Market Manipulation (18:01) - Financialization and Cultural Consequences (26:37) - AI, Robotics and the Future of Labor (33:25) - Waymo, Insurance and Autonomous Worlds (35:09) - Basel, Digital Art and Crypto Art’s Role (01:02:22) - Welcome & Disclaimer

    1h 3m

  4. 11/24/2025

    Ep56 Die in the Chair

    The Net Society crew breaks down the widening split between the winners and everyone else, from markets to culture to crypto. They compare today’s mood to the 90s, trace echoes back to the Jacksonian era, and dig into why the current macro feels like a maze with no clear exits. The team talks through record art sales at the top of the market, the shifting identity of AI coding as models plateau and commoditize, and how education, media, and culture are reshaping under all of it. Mentioned in the episode Klimnt painting sells for record $236.4M https://x.com/artnet/status/1990938935539781633 Death by Lightning ​​https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Death_by_Lightning Pluribus https://www.imdb.com/title/tt22202452/ 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 Editor: https://x.com/0xFnkl Social: https://x.com/v_kirra (00:00) - Tale of Two Cities (07:12) - 90s vs Today (10:32) - Jacksonian Echoes (16:16) - Crypto and the Macro Maze (22:21) - Record Art Sales (28:20) - AI Coding and LLM Bubble (42:33) - Shows, Books, and Education (53:40) - Welcome & Disclaimer

    54 min

  5. 11/17/2025

    Ep55 We Fight For The Living

    The Net Society crew digs into a wide range of topics this week, starting with the latest moves around Zcash, privacy expectations, and how crypto incentives shape market behavior. From there, the group unpacks an anthropic AI cybersecurity incident and the broader risks of local models creating real-world chaos. The conversation shifts into geopolitical tension, shadow conflict, and the surprising magic of Marble World before closing with a sharp look at elite networks, institutional trust, and a final discussion on automation, humanism, and TV recommendations. Mentioned in the episode Zcash moment https://x.com/pridesai/status/1988256631948226750 Cypherpunk https://x.com/cypherpunktech Anthropic cyber attack https://x.com/AnthropicAI/status/1989033793190277618 World Labs - Marble https://marble.worldlabs.ai/ 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 Editor: https://x.com/0xFnkl Social: https://x.com/v_kirra (00:00) - Opening and Warmup (05:37) - Zcash, Privacy, and Market Games (09:02) - DAOs, Ecosystems, and Crypto Incentives (10:32) - AI, Cybersecurity, and Local Model Chaos (14:32) - Geopolitics, Cyber Warfare, and Marble World (42:45) - Elites, Disclosure, and Institutional Trust (55:04) - Automation, Humanism, and TV Corner (01:01:57) - Welcome & Disclaimer

    1h 3m

  6. 11/10/2025

    Ep54 Slavebots

    The Net Society crew returns to unpack the strange evolution of human AI relationships, from “slave bots” to sidekicks, companions, and schizophrenic mirrors of the self. Derek explores Sandbar and the search for the perfect AI form factor, Chris zooms out to spatial intelligence as the real unlock, and Pri probes whether emotional companionship with machines is healthy or inevitable. The group then turns to a16z’s growing media empire, the reality of building through a crypto winter, and the politics of AI power, before closing on the ideological chaos of New York’s new “vibe governance.” Mentioned in the episode Sandbar AI ring https://www.sandbar.com/ Falling in love with AI article https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2025/11/05/magazine/ai-chatbot-marriage-love-romance-sex.html A16z new media https://x.com/liangsays/status/1986502829499162751?s=46&t=3cJ-BS7Y1NeBdjntkS2hZQ 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 Editor: https://x.com/0xFnkl Social: https://x.com/v_kirra (00:00) - AI Slave Bots and Sentience (02:22) - Sandbar and the Search for the Right Form Factor (08:25) - Spatial Intelligence and the Next Operating System (10:35) - AI Companions and the Human Sidekick (16:22) - A16z and the New Media Power Play (26:14) - Building Through the Crypto Winter (36:38) - OpenAI, Regulation, and the Politics of Power (47:03) - New York, Vibes, and the Death of Governance (01:08:30) - Welcome & Disclaimer

    1h 9m

  7. 11/03/2025

    Ep53 From PvP to Exocapitalism and Gooning

    From techno-capitalism to gooning, the crew unpacks the contradictions of a world caught between overproduction and isolation. Aaron, Chris, and Pri trace the threads from Bill Ackman discourse to exo-capitalism, exploring how prediction, automation, and financial nihilism reshape the human condition. It’s Halloween, Bitcoin’s birthday, and the trenches are thinning, but the ideas keep multiplying. Mentioned in the episode Bill Ackman https://x.com/BillAckman Prediction and postmodernism https://a16z.com/prediction-the-successor-to-postmodernism/ Exocapitalism https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/240662971-exocapitalism Secondhand Time: The Last of the Soviets https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/30200112-secondhand-time The Good Squad https://harpers.org/archive/2025/11/the-goon-squad-daniel-kolitz-porn-masturbation-loneliness/ Farcaster pivot to tokens https://x.com/tednotlasso/status/1982810870716498396 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 Editor: https://x.com/0xFnkl Social: https://x.com/v_kirra (00:00) - Opening Grievances (04:19) - Bill Ackman & Cultural Fatigue (08:12) - Optimism, Propaganda, and the U.S.–China Lens (11:25) - Gambling, Nihilism, and the Age of Prediction (16:00) - Techno-Capitalism and the Anti-Human Economy (24:06) - Exo-Capitalism, Gooning, and the Future of Labor (42:43) - Crypto Parallels, PvP Markets, and the Trenches’ Decline (58:16) - Market Resets, Token Buybacks, and Halloween Wrap-Up (59:30) - Welcome & Disclaimer

    1 hr

  8. 10/27/2025

    Ep52 Tokens v. Tokens

    The Net Society crew dives into a wide-ranging conversation on crypto’s evolving landscape and its uneasy rivalry with AI. Chris opens by questioning his own “bearish” stance, leading to a lively debate on distribution, developer momentum, and the shifting perception of tokens as tools versus speculation. The group explores how AI and blockchain may ultimately converge, touching on Hyperreal Hospitality, post-authorship, and the importance of long-term relationships between builders and users. Later, they discuss postmodern exhaustion, prediction as a new cultural logic, and the consolidation of major players like Coinbase, Base, and Tether as crypto matures into its next institutional phase. Mentioned in the episode ADIN https://x.com/adinonline OpenAI hires 100 investment bankers https://www.afr.com/companies/financial-services/openai-hires-100-investment-bankers-to-train-its-ai-20251022-p5n4er Prediction is the successor to postmodernism https://a16z.com/prediction-the-successor-to-postmodernism/ David Phelps chains owning apps https://x.com/divine_economy/status/1981006512500720113 Tether https://x.com/Tether_to 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 Editor: https://x.com/0xFnkl Social: https://x.com/v_kirra (00:00) - Bearish on Crypto (02:07) - AI vs Crypto Tokens (10:07) - Comparing Tech and Scale (15:38) - Building with Crypto and AI (19:12) - Product vs Community (26:09) - Postmodern Prediction (32:00) - Consolidation and the New Banks (49:28) - Welcome & Disclaimer

    50 min
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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)

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  • Creator
    NET Society
  • Years Active
    2024 - 2025
  • Episodes
    59
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