Considering the significant overlap of technology, music, politics, and art, here's a recount of observations, personal experience, and aspiration for a more free and unrestricted future.

Both technology and music fall on the positive end of an idyllic chart, in contrast to aDark Ages mentality. As innovations like robotic home construction, abundant energy, or automated farms become reality, society's focus will shift towards health, art, and personal expression. This trend suggests a future where curating our personality and designing our environment become more fequent than modern experience, enabled by technological abundance.

On July 4, 2020, Kanye West tweeted his intention to run for President of the United States, a post with a quick supporting reply from Elon Musk: "You have my full support!" This moment, while seemingly impulsive, marks a fascinating convergence of entertainment, technology, and politics.

Kanye West's influence extends beyond this event, his music has shaped artists from Paul McCartney to Billie Eilish. However, his suspension from social media for provocative posts, including the ones intentionally anti-Semitic, highlight the tension between artistic persona (or persona) and public perception. Despite this, Kanye's work reflects a deconstructive creativity closer to a civil rights advocate than the negative labels often attached to him. This is consistent with all of our best, merely exaggerated in raw performance art.

Small actions can yield profound impacts. For Kanye, 'Putting on the red hat' is his version of being Rosa Parks, or Socrates in his commitment to truth. A few years back, I shot a music video for, and gave my old laptop to a 15-year-old aspiring artist. He used it to make a song that has over 11 million Spotify streams. Turning a $500 donation into $50,000 of value.

Moments like these inspire me, as does listening to podcasts like David Senra's Founders Podcast. I'm drawn by the power a music artist like The Weeknd has to bring over 100,000 fans to a single concert. This evokes potential for once mysterious low-lifes, or designed figures to command influence like political leaders.

Current political figures like AOC and Bernie Sanders often oppose technological progress, without realizing it. Prioritizing their own control over innovation, or risking future security & freedom. I look for a return to a "Wild West" ethos, unrestricted exploration, free from bureaucratic suits and rules that favor the slow.

I often think of the world as a jungle, a free for all like the Wild West, where invention wins amid risks like misinformation, surveillance, and conspiracy. Platforms like X amplify this, enabling rapid idea exchange but also exposing tensions. Think about Kanye's ban for provocative posts versus the hypocrisy of political figures decrying "hate speech" or students championing Islam, ignoring systemic issues like cigarette deaths (7 million annually).

Meanwhile, dangerous double standards abound: men are attacked for past behavior, while platforms like OnlyFans are promoted. This dynamic, alongside the stagnation of apps like Tinder and TikTok, fuels my desire to build better alternatives and design digital landscapes - I'm also ready to replace the overflowing gas station, fast-foods, smoke shop, and liquor stores on every street corner.

The art world's elite is a small circle. My friend, Anthony Haden Guest, who chronicled New York's 1980s art scene and conducted Basquiat's last interview, noted that only about 100 people held sway in that era's fine art community. Today, artists like Basquiat and Warhol command astronomical valuations - Warhol's Marilyn print sold for $250 million, and Basquiat's works today exceed $100 million. [3]

Yet, the next great artist could emerge from anywhere, unbound by nationality or expectation. I envision launching an art gallery and podcast in the Network Cloud, collaborating with Anthony to foster serious discourse and elevate artist voices, while avoiding a personal spotlight. Just like a female U.S. President can't just be cherry picked, neither can the next serious American, or Un-American artist. After all, Andy Warhol was shot by a self pro-claimed misandsrist who wrote a book stating all men should be ground to meat. He'd be a billionaire today, and he probably would've been cancelled or worse.

Ignoring Technology, music, politics, and art's connection, is becoming harder every day. At risk of sounding absurd, the default is politicians talk about other politicians, rappers talk about other rappers, and tech guys only talk about tech guys. This is starting to destroy the careers of people who ignore it.

There's an importance of returning from the career - to the child, perhaps as a globe. We might need to figure out how to hang out with friends again. Smartphones have given us all a public persona, something which only existed for the rare celebrity in the past. These things are often ignored due to societal norms, assumptions, expectation, and pressure.

There's no college or school cirriculum talking about how to manage your online following, who to keep up with for the rest of your life. The average person only really gets to know 800 people by name in a lifetime. A family member of mine told me X is an echo chamber. I think, how? I can literally see what the Supreme Leader of Iran is posting, the comments below it, and my ex-girlfriend's re-tweets.

From a peaceful artist and rapper's conceptual presidential run, to the conceptual power of network states, these ideas sculpt a world of soft marble. My experience finding early talent, early trends, critiquing trends, and dreaming of freedom reveal my belief in a future where creativity and innovation are given credit. The Network State is likely the vessel for this vision.