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Continuing my reading of Viltalik's post on Network Societies "There are many things that require "immersion" to succeed: lifestyle habits, local public goods such as air quality, work habits, lifetime learning habits, limitations on use of technology, etc. Doing anything truly interesting and unique requires "depth", and substantial collective investment and effort to create an entire environment oriented around better serving those needs. These things cannot easily be done by an individual, or even by a corporation, because corporations face too much pressure to "meet users where they are" - and so we get everyone drinking Coca Cola (or getting addicted to outrage-driven social media, or ...)" https://vitalik.eth.limo/general/2025/12/17/societies.html

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