Tale of Two Cities: tech gains versus everyday life

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