Aaron and Derek are both out this week, leaving Chris and Pri to hold down the fort for Net Society’s first ever two-person episode. Things get a little unhinged as they wander into the woods of digital culture, comparing fairy tales and existential plays to the state of crypto. The conversation turns to Kanye’s short-lived token and the meme coin churn, then drifts through waterparks, slang, and the curious emergence of “clanker” as an AI slur. From there they unpack the world of AI boyfriends and what it says about loneliness in 2025, before diving into Jerome Powell’s latest remarks and the Fed’s shifting policy stance. The back half of the episode revisits radicalizing moments from the Iraq war to the 2008 bailouts, connecting them to Bitcoin’s origins, and closes with a hopeful turn as the pair find themselves excited again about generative art.
Mentioned in the episode
Kanye launches $YZY memecoin https://x.com/WatcherGuru/status/1958708989576806714
American Dream Mall Waterpark https://www.americandream.com/venue/dreamworks-water-park
My Boyfriend is AI Subreddit https://www.reddit.com/r/MyBoyfriendIsAI/
Fed Chair Jerome Powell announcement https://x.com/WatcherGuru/status/1958893683299717477
Quantizer by Harm van den Dorpel https://verse.works/series/quantizer-by-harm-van-den-dorpel
Scribbs by Fingacode https://verse.works/series/scribbs-by-fingacode
Dominoes in Fluxus by Ivona Tau https://braindrops.cloud/projects/24
Zach Lieberman https://x.com/zachlieberman
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) - Hansel & Gretel Opener
- (05:01) - Kanye’s Token and Meme Coin Chaos
- (07:07) - Waterparks, Slang, and the Rise of “Clanker”
- (11:34) - AI Boyfriends and the Loneliness Question
- (18:10) - Powell, Policy, and the Fed’s Balancing Act
- (30:23) - Radicalizing Moments and Bitcoin’s Origin Story
- (42:01) - Generative Art Rekindled
- (47:46) - Welcome & Disclaimer