Three Tomorrows & The Creative Journey

Simon, writing a weekly newsletter, argues that people are seeking new forms of in-person connection after years of online life, and that authentic creative work will get attention regardless of how it is made. He points to running clubs in Williamsburg, crypto DAO FWB's festival held in a forest, and teenagers in New York choosing flip phones and meeting in parks as signs of this shift. He also says book sales in the U.S. are the highest they have ever been, and he is pessimistic about private equity firm KKR's proposed purchase of Simon & Schuster. He argues that AI will not suddenly flood culture with content, because creation is the easiest step in cultural formation.