@usersteen.eth

Willing to take the short term hit here. This is the least inspired meta we've seen yet. In part, because it's v2 (or 3, or 4) of a narrative we've seen before. Moreso because it reeks of desperation. Memecoins look like diamonds in comparison; at least there was an attempt at storytelling there. Alas, the agent meta is one devoid of agency. The robots will save us. Queue claw[every single product, but for agents!]. That we're speedrunning and the corpos are max extracting should trigger every red flag in your cryptopedia. Checkered flag, ai is fking awesome. I talk about it all the time so I won't defend its merits here. And yes, crypto tech is a perfect match. Yes, there will be awesome agents. The thing that's missing is the same as always: creativity. The big guns working on this are building infra. Makes sense, but that level of craft is required on execution, including narrative. Frankly, the tech isn't accessible enough for those who will make it truly interesting at scale. It's not secure enough. I truly hope there are some outliers, otherwise they'll be a dearth of inspiration once this pops. I hope some of you make bags, and I hope less of you lose them. We're a ways away from the version of this that is meaningful. Rather than consuming the narrative, my advice is to actually try this stuff out. Get in the terminal. Make something for yourself. Make something for others. Find the magic and harness it. Epilogue: this meta is, like the rest, a mirror. When I look at X and I look at moltbook, I see the same exact thing. What do you see, really?

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