Punk, or why I don't stream anymore
4 hours ago
- #Cultural Commentary
- #Technology Critique
- #Authenticity
- Hacker culture was destroyed by spectacle and signaling value, turning it into consumption without participation.
- AI exacerbates the loss of authenticity, making people feel like they're steering when they're not.
- Modern dating profiles and online streams reflect a sanitized, marketable identity with no rough edges.
- Isolation is impossible as the internet is uniform and pervasive, outcompeting the old world.
- Cultural movements get co-opted and sold back in a diluted form, losing their original essence.
- AI and the information war demand inner reality, not just physical participation.
- Revolutions often make things worse, and the current revolution involves AI as a tool in this war.