Mike (mikeabundo)

The Philippines runs on overlapping social circles. Charity, churches, politics, business, pageants, golf, and nightlife often share the same cast of characters. Oddly, nobody here finds that strange. Somehow, it all works.

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Social signaling is a killer app. Smartphones were nerd toys until the iPhone made them fashion accessories. Social media was a nerd toy until Instagram made it a lifestyle showcase. AI was a nerd toy until selfie filters turned it into digital makeup. If you want the masses to adopt your weird nerd toy, make it useful for social signaling.

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Some people watch TikTok and think, “Haha, that’s funny.” Others watch the same clip and see attention engineering, identity signaling, and monetization.

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$ETH appears on billboards in the music video for m-flo’s “You Got This.”

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$ETH isn’t equity. It isn’t just gas. It’s collateralized sovereignty.

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I recently watched “Bridge to Terabithia,” a coming-of-age tale about a boy, a girl, and their shared fantasy world. I had ChatGPT reimagine their world with modern Korean fantasy action roleplaying game aesthetics.

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The world got weird after covid. We’ve had the fastest rate hikes since the 80s, the longest tightening since the 80s, the worst stock market breadth since the 30s, and the longest government shutdown in history. If the last three years felt off, it wasn’t just you.

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