Memetic Culture

Memetic Culture argues that crypto communities and wider society have replaced shared values with surface-level signals such as "gm" greetings and recycled memes, and that this shallow belonging is a symptom of unmet needs for connection. The author describes crypto as having drifted from its origins in security, decentralization, and resistance to corporate control into what the text calls an echo chamber of manufactured authenticity. The piece also says people who exploit these emotional needs are gaining political influence, and it closes by calling for communities built on shared values and reasoned debate.