'group consciousness powering initial infrastructure' gets to the core of it all.
his article is about art and culture, but it can apply just as much to new emerging subcultures, for i dunno, people building new social networks
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a deep dive into the messy substrate and coordination layers below decentralised networks, and how authoritarian thinkers like peter thiel view this substrate as a way to capture networks
[connectedplaces.online/socialhub-an...](