Episode
Ep89 The Internet of Woo Woo
- Podcast
- NET Society
- Published
- Jul 26, 2026
- Duration seconds
- 4162
- Processing state
not_requested- Canonical source
- https://share.transistor.fm/s/52fc580e
Actions
POST https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/net-society-7073603/episodes/ep89-the-internet-of-woo-woo/transcription-requests
Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode.GET https://stenobird.com/podcast/net-society-7073603/ep89-the-internet-of-woo-woo.md
Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource.
Summary
Aaron, Chris, and Pri begin with Miami real estate, New York’s enduring appeal, and whether AI could hollow out the white-collar industries that support the city. Pri then shares her developing thesis around spiritual technology, exploring how AI, longevity, space exploration, ancient philosophy, and a renewed interest in the cosmos may push people to look inward. Chris takes the idea further with digital animism, imagining a future where AI gives everyday objects distinct personalities and transforms the failed Internet of Things into the Internet of woo woo. From there, the conversation moves through mahjong, camping, Hans Moravec’s Mind Fire, transhumanism, simulation theory, and the unresolved mystery of consciousness. The crew considers what happens if money disappears, why collecting may become even more important in an age of abundance, and whether digital objects could become a new form of stored value. The episode closes with Coinbase’s awkward CryptoPunk courtship, its possible future as an acquisition target, the open-source AI debate, and why companies facing aggressive competitors need better products rather than protection. Mentioned in the episode Pri reading https://archive.org/details/petrarchlettertoposteritymusa/page/n1/mode/2up Meteorite with ingredients for life https://nypost.com/2026/07/21/science/rare-meteorite-that-hit-nj-home-carries-ingredients-for-life/ Hans Moravec predicting AI/robots https://nymag.com/intelligencer/article/hans-moravec-interview.html Debt: The First 5,000 Years https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6617037-debt 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 Producer/Ed…