What happens when virtue signaling is taken to the extreme? Purity spirals: the phenomenon where groups become increasingly extreme as members compete to demonstrate ideological purity. The concept describes how communities can radicalize themselves through escalating demands for conformity to their core beliefs.

I watched that video multiple times and can't get bored of the first 5 minutes. The filming, editing, and riding are incredible.

A skateboarding video featuring Andy Anderson doing freestyle skateboarding in Paris. This is a love letter to both Paris and skateboarding. Such a refreshing film by Brett Novak.

I spend too much of my waking hours questioning the impact of AI on the software industry. Currently, I’m playing with the thought experiment that, just like coffee, software is a commodity. What I find interesting in that framing is that, unlike coffee, the software price equilibrium was defined by a scarcity in production capabilities. The main driver of this production scarcity was the high capital requirements needed to produce and maintain software.

100% AI generated (yes, both music and video) music video by Sheldrick.

From @davidsheldrick instagram post:

Estate of the Nation visualises 90s & 00s British chav & street culture reclaiming the corridors of power. Shifting the dynamic to a new kind of sovereignty where the high street rules the House.

From a technical standpoint, this is an exercise in total AI approach, every element is AI-generated. The music & lyrics are made in Suno, the vocal stem is then stripped to use as a modality to drive the lip-sync and facial performance.