Feels like there’s a two directional force of preserving the past / present, vs. a bit of techno-acceleration?
And in between, people trying to preserve a consistent narrative through auto-inflicted exile? (cozy spaces / bunkers / fortresses)
Mandatory 2x2:
X: Living in Past / Future
Y: Withdrawn / Active
X1Y1: Cozy nostalgia (Let me just go bowling lol)
X1Y2: Karen activists / Wokes?
X2Y1: GenZ TikTok Feed / VR Wireheads
X2Y2: Tech-accelerationists / AI and crypto buildooors
Oh 2x2 logic is clear:
X: pre-post Weirding,
Y: AI vs crypto ~= commie vs libertarian
Thiel gets a bit of structural credit here too. Half an axis. In 2016 I used his determinate/indeterminate optimist/pessimist 2x2 fully