NET Society

NET Society
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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. 3D AGO

    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
  2. EP 76 Spiritual Geography

    APR 27

    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

  3. APR 20

    Ep75 The Graveyard

    The Net Society crew records live from New York and opens with a familiar question in unfamiliar times: are we actually back, or just bouncing inside a bear market. From there, the conversation moves through competing views on crypto’s current state, with debate around institutional demand, stablecoin growth, ETF flows, and why the next leg up may still require more pain. The crew then explores what machine-to-machine payments could actually look like, from agentic software and API micropayments to the early shape of a machine-native economy. That leads into a sharp discussion on AI product building, where they argue that the models are already good enough and the real bottleneck is ambition, taste, and the ability to frame better problems. In the back half, they work through a run of crypto casualties and controversies, including Foundation’s collapse, Lattice shutting down, and the Bittensor Templar blowup, before closing on a more optimistic note: why so many of the most interesting builders in AI seem to come out of crypto, and how that culture may shape what comes next. Mentioned in the episode Response to Covenant https://x.com/const_reborn/status/2043083033969033610 Lattice winding down https://x.com/latticexyz/status/2044103611072835744 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) - Are We Actually Back? (10:44) - Machine Payments & Agentic Software (13:09) - AI Product Building, Ambition & Taste (20:27) - Foundation’s Collapse & Platform Fragility (25:24) - Bittensor Drama, Templar & Governance (34:02) - Lattice, Onchain Gaming & Crypto’s User Problem (42:14) - Crypto Builders Winning in AI (49:09) - Welcome & Disclaimer

    50 min

  4. APR 14

    Ep74 Doomerville to Azores

    The Net Society crew opens in full doomer mode, unpacking the growing public backlash to AI and whether fear around job loss, surveillance, and elite control is hardening into a broader political movement. From there, they debate whether AI anxiety is overblown, whether the real effects on labor are already here, and how anti-tech sentiment differs from the internet’s earlier adoption era. The conversation then shifts into model safety, Anthropic’s posture, and the strange mix of hype, secrecy, and moral panic shaping the AI discourse. In the back half, Aaron spins out a wild but compelling Bitcoin scenario around the Strait of Hormuz and the possibility of a future fungibility crisis, before the group detours into Sam Altman media narratives, Satoshi speculation, and the enduring appeal of unsolved mysteries. They close on a more human note with a sharp travel riff on the Azores, network state jokes, Europe’s slower pace of life, and whether AI’s best case is not mass replacement, but a world where people work less and live better. Mentioned in the episode Sam Altman targeted in attacks https://x.com/nypost/status/2043616560921633060 Jasmine Sun - AI populism's warning shots https://open.substack.com/pub/jasmine/p/warning-shots?utm_campaign=post-expanded-share&utm_medium=web The Bronx is Burning https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/29389.Ladies_and_Gentlemen_the_Bronx_is_Burning 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 Backlash, Fear & Political Resistance (08:48) - AI Adoption, Movies & Internet Memory (15:09) - Anthropic, Model Safety & Claude Discourse (19:06) - Bitcoin Fungibility, Hormuz & Crypto Weirdness (25:05) - Sam Altman, Satoshi & Unsolved Mysteries (31:07) - Azores Travel, Europe & Network State Talk (41:10) - Working Less, Municipal Strain & AI Optimism (51:20) - Welcome & Disclaimer

    52 min

  5. APR 6

    Ep73 Ontology, Popularized by Palantir

    With most of the crew out for the holiday, Pri and Chris hold down the fort for a loose but sharp conversation that moves from Gen Z Catholic revival to the state of crypto, digital art, and the social internet. They start with the strange resurgence of churchgoing among younger people, framing it as a reaction to loneliness, hyper-online life, and the search for meaning. From there, they turn to the muted vibes around EthCC and the broader sense that crypto conferences, NFT culture, and online art discourse have all lost some of their energy. The conversation digs into whether digital art is being absorbed into more traditional collecting structures, why the timeline feels broken, and how AI and agent culture are crowding out everything else. Later, they unpack OpenAI’s acquisition of TBPN as a play for distribution and influence, before pivoting into a discussion on Palantir, neurodivergence, labor, and the dangerous edges of techno-evolutionary thinking. The episode closes with reflections on political pendulum swings, Massachusetts’ economic drift, and a surprisingly long detour through sitcom canon, cultural durability, and what still holds up. Mentioned in the episode Gen Z’s Catholic Church https://x.com/Evie_Magazine/status/2039774646703161413?s=20 Marc Zeller on ETHCC https://x.com/Marczeller/status/2039975610282324389 TBPN has been acquired by OpenAI https://x.com/jordihays/status/2039756490387624327?s=20 Palantir Ontology https://x.com/PalantirTech/status/2039020569115439598 ADIN: Homo Divergens: What If the Weirdos Are the Next Species? https://x.com/ADINresearch/status/2038752657125556240 Creators of South Park AI Company https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/matt-stone-trey-parker-deep-voodoo-ai-south-park-trump-1236552586/ 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) - Holiday Open, Gen Z Catholicism & Meaning in the Digital Age (04:45) - EthCC, Bear Market Vibes & Crypto Conference Drift (09:48) - Digital Art, NFT Fatigue & The Broken Timeline (16:38) - OpenAI, TBPN & Buying Distribution (24:12) - Palantir, Neurodivergence & Evolutionary Risk (37:29) - Massachusetts, Political Pendulums & Institutional Decay (44:04) - Sitcom Canon, Cultural Longevity & Closing Thoughts (51:57) - Welcome & Disclaimer

    52 min

  6. MAR 30

    Ep72 Agents Will Need a Mall

    Aaron, Derek, and Chris open the episode reflecting on a recent tech manifesto and what it means for crypto's original vision, before diving into a wide-ranging conversation covering the role of speculation in blockchain ecosystems, the rise of Bittensor and AI-native agent economies, and where AI model capabilities are headed by end of year. The crew also explores a thought-provoking tangent on whether AI could eventually replace political parties and governance systems, before wrapping up with news on Apple's AI strategy, the latest stablecoin legislation, and a Google research breakthrough in AI compression. Mentioned in the episode Crypto was supposed to be for everyone https://x.com/awrigh01/status/2037534072457609246 Bittensor https://bittensor.com/ Simone Weil https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/22747485-on-the-abolition-of-all-political-parties Clavicular arrested https://x.com/TMZ/status/2037521275946488101 Google Research TubroQuant https://x.com/GoogleResearch/status/2036533564158910740 Apples’s AI strategy https://finance.yahoo.com/sectors/technology/articles/apple-skipped-ai-arms-race-081939950.html Crypto regulatory clarity updates https://finance.yahoo.com/markets/crypto/articles/coinbase-just-pulled-support-crypto-075306381.html 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

    57 min

  7. MAR 23

    Ep71 GStack to the Future

    Derek is back this week for the first time in a while, and the crew wastes no time diving into the strange mental effects of AI-heavy workflows, from agent overload and “productivity psychosis” to the hype around GStack and the growing importance of context engineering over traditional engineering. From there, they unpack the messy state of today’s AI tooling, touch on Cursor and the broader developer stack, and close with a look at private credit, crypto regulation, and the Vanity Fair article that sparked fresh debate about how the industry is seen from the outside. Mentioned in the episode Billionaire Marc Andreessen says he has "zero" introspection https://x.com/MorePerfectUS/status/2033583724311286051 Finding acceptance after your AI "oh f*ck" moment https://mattsavage.substack.com/p/finding-acceptance-after-your-ai Gmoney fatigue with agentic productivity https://x.com/gmoneyNFT/status/2034743292881948697?s=20 Cursor releases Composer 2 https://x.com/cursor_ai/status/2034668943676244133 Bernie Sanders talks to Claude https://x.com/SenSanders/status/2034715260259557597 Vanity Fair profiles big crypto names https://www.vanityfair.com/news/story/cryptos-true-believers?srsltid=AfmBOopTkswvbOnRK_m8SFe8EMLscZQK-BOSyxk-YOfPFXLsoC5-Qpjl 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) - Zero Introspection (08:52) - AI Psychosis (12:14) - G Stack and Agent Overload (24:46) - The Messy Middle of AI Tools (29:12) - Cursor’s New Model (37:28) - Private Credit and Crypto Rules (45:36) - Vanity Fair and Crypto’s Image (59:55) - Welcome & Disclaimer

    1h 1m

  8. MAR 16

    Ep70 Bring Back The Good Models

    This week on Net Society, the conversation moves from AI infrastructure and model slowdowns into a broader look at how these systems are actually landing in everyday life, from productivity gains and context switching to brain fry, screen addiction, and the growing appeal of dumb phones. Along the way, the group unpacks the politics shaping frontier models, the corporate control forming around compute and distribution, the fog of modern war coverage online, and why so much of the current AI moment still feels split between real utility and overhyped theater. The episode closes by widening back out to crypto, payments, and the friction between ambitious everything app visions and the messy reality of how people actually use technology. Mentioned in the episode Pri’s tweet, lobster vs the bull https://x.com/pridesai/status/2031783971047051445 Fearless girl statue https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/fearless-girl-statue-will-face-wall-street-bull-another-year-n738991 Daniel Day Lewis flip phone https://x.com/karenyhan/status/981997310577119232 $50M USDT Aave trade mishap https://x.com/StaniKulechov/status/2032193345414664659 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) - Model Slowdowns and Data Center Politics (07:58) - AI Hype, Lobster Theater, and Who Actually Knows How to Use It (17:07) - Brain Fry, Context Switching, and the Limits of AI Workflows (24:14) - Dumb Phones, Screen Addiction, and the AI Buffer Theory (31:10) - War Coverage, Information Fog, and Corporate Control of AI (41:18) - AI Subscriptions, Frontier Model Politics, and Sam Altman Fatigue (48:05) - Crypto, X Money, and the Everything App Problem (53:38) - Welcome & Disclaimer

    54 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 - 2026
  • Episodes
    77
  • Rating
    Explicit
  • Copyright
    © NET Society
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    NET Society

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