8. Field Tape: Vibe Camp 2025

Guerrilla interviews on slurry futures, tactical optimism, and why you should never pray for a deluge.

I went to Vibe Camp 2025 with a laptop harness and a USB mic, looking for impromptu conversations with anyone willing to be recorded. What emerged is a cross-section of how some very online people are thinking about our weird futures.

I present to you: six frameworks from the ground at Vibe Camp.

Topics include:
• The coming evolution of humanity into an amorphous slurry
• Why you need to do more offsites with people you love
• The bait-and-switch of the social contract
• Complexity inflation and the need for a human-centered internet
• The Promethean vs. Titanocratic dynamic
• What kinds of futurisms age best

Guests (in order of appearance):
• Joe Krisciunas – https://x.com/1bit2far
• An anonymous optimist
• @nephew_jonathan – https://x.com/nephew_jonathan, https://nephewjonathan.substack.com
• Leo Guinan – https://x.com/leo_guinan, https://hitchhikertothefuture.substack.com
• JLRFC – https://substack.com/@jlrfc
• Michael Burnam-Fink – https://x.com/mburnamfink

— it’s ya boi
Your host, Lance “it’s ya boi” Robotson:
https://x.com/robotson
https://bsky.app/profile/robotson.media

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