{"podcast":{"title":"NET Society","slug":"net-society-7073603","podcast_index_feed_id":7073603,"rss_url":"https://feeds.transistor.fm/net-society","website_url":"https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/netsociety","image_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/rWS_6xiBg5sPPfPEb7aJR4qYeu6r_oaLBKrbPz35G78/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:1400/h:1400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS84ZDBk/Y2Q3ZWU5MjQwZDI5/MmIxYzgxMjM2OGNj/ZjE0Yi5qcGc.jpg","author":"NET Society","episode_count":78,"summary":"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)","last_synced_at":null,"page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/net-society-7073603"},"episode":{"title":"Ep74 Doomerville to Azores","slug":"ep74-doomerville-to-azores","published_at":"2026-04-14T12:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/net-society-7073603/ep74-doomerville-to-azores","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/net-society-7073603","url":"https://share.transistor.fm/s/4f059b8c","audio_url":"https://media.transistor.fm/4f059b8c/caecfc1f.mp3","summary":"The Net Society crew opens in full doomer mode, unpacking the growing public backlash to AI and whether fear around job loss, surveillance, and elite control is hardening into a broader political movement. From there, they debate whether AI anxiety is overblown, whether the real effects on labor are already here, and how anti-tech sentiment differs from the internet’s earlier adoption era. The conversation then shifts into model safety, Anthropic’s posture, and the strange mix of hype, secrecy, and moral panic shaping the AI discourse. In the back half, Aaron spins out a wild but compelling Bitcoin scenario around the Strait of Hormuz and the possibility of a future fungibility crisis, before the group detours into Sam Altman media narratives, Satoshi speculation, and the enduring appeal of unsolved mysteries. They close on a more human note with a sharp travel riff on the Azores, network state jokes, Europe’s slower pace of life, and whether AI’s best case is not mass replacement, but a world where people work less and live better. Mentioned in the episode Sam Altman targeted in attacks https://x.com/nypost/status/2043616560921633060 Jasmine Sun - AI populism's warning shots https://open.substack.com/pub/jasmine/p/warning-shots?utm_campaign=post-expanded-share&utm_medium=web The Bronx is Burning https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/29389.Ladies_and_Gentlemen_the_Bronx_is_Burning 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 Producer/Editor: https://x.com/0xFnkl Social: https://x.com/v_kirra (00:00) - AI Backlash, Fear & Political Resistance (08:48) - AI Adoption, Movies & In…","meta_description":"The Net Society crew opens in full doomer mode, unpacking the growing public backlash to AI and whether fear around job loss, surveillance, and elite cont…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":3114,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/net-society-7073603/episodes/ep74-doomerville-to-azores/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/net-society-7073603/ep74-doomerville-to-azores.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}