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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)
Based on 5 episodes we listened to · September 2026
NET Society makes AI, crypto and digital culture legible through candid group debate, technical questions and close attention to second-order effects.
NET Society turns technology into a lively group argument. Derek Edwards, Chris Furlong, Aaaron Wright and Priyanka Desai trade forecasts, objections and jokes while returning to AI's effects on software work, public attitudes, crypto markets and digital culture.
Big Candle crashes the AI debate; you get arguments with enough playfulness to keep the future bearable.
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A live, tangled conversation about crypto prices, a deal that seems to have gone sideways, and the changing way people use machines and browsers.
NET Society opens with a market check-in that keeps its footing without pretending to know more than it does, then drifts into a messier conversation about Foundation, Black Dove, and what it means to keep a product alive after a deal looks like it has gone off the rails.
AI backlash and a strange Bitcoin stress test, argued through with equal parts alarm and banter.
Net Society opens in a reflective register, with Aaron and Chris treating AI backlash, the Altman attacks, and the gap between technical capability and social acceptance as one problem rather than separate ones.
A brisk take on agents, observability, and why humans still need a hand on the wheel.
Net Society starts with a late-1980s mood check and uses it to frame a sharper unease about public life and global instability. Its best run comes when the talk turns to agentic systems, observability, hallucination risk, and the argument for keeping people in the loop as the…
A sharp look at AI speed, open source pressure, and crypto's next role.
The episode takes a practical view of AI acceleration, treating software output as something that keeps shifting rather than settling into a clean narrative.
A loose AI backlash debate that settles into a clear case for how technology spreads.
The episode treats AI backlash as a real-time dispute, weaving poll numbers, public mood, and the growing visibility of opposition into one steady argument.
Technology, attention, and responsibility in conversation.
Host Jack Rhysider narrates true hacking, breach, and privacy stories from the people involved.
David Pierce and Verge staffers cover AI industry news, gadgets, and tech policy weekly.
Long-form interviews on AI coding agents, infrastructure, and security, plus a recurring SED News roundup.
Founders and engineers on AI coding agents like Claude Code, and supply chain security.
Four voices are back in the room.
Supri opens with the AI Doomer-ish question and immediately wriggles away from the label.
The hosts discuss Easter and Passover holidays, then explore a trend of Gen Z attending a trendy church in Greenwich Village.
The hosts discuss a resonant computing event and reflect on how crypto's original pro-social purpose has been lost to speculation, advocating for a return to human-centered, adaptable technology.
The hosts discuss a tech figure's anti-introspection stance and its implications for attention and information warfare.
1989 sets the weather.
Software suddenly feels too fast.
The hosts discuss their excitement for an upcoming NFT event in Marfa and the recent buzz in the NFT market.
Aaron says he has recently come around to the idea that a lot of people really do not like AI.
The hosts discuss Google DeepMind's Genie 3 world model, which generates immersive, stateful environments from prompts, and its implications for the metaverse.
The hosts discuss recent news in crypto, NFTs, and global events, including the Genius Act, Bitcoin price, and a new NFT collection.
The hosts discuss the current state of crypto adoption, using Farcaster's NFT drop as an example of cost savings with USDC.