In this episode of Endgame, Amanda Cassatt cuts through the AI hype to explore what happens when creation becomes free. The result isn’t less competition—it’s more noise. She unpacks a web flooded with AI content, misaligned platforms, and the rising value of curation, taste, and real skill.

From the future of digital work to the surprising role of crypto—where AI agents, stablecoins, and frictionless UX may finally unlock DeFi—this conversation dives into the paradox of abundance and why judgment matters more than ever.

Timestamps:

00:00 Introduction

02:21 What People Get Wrong About AI Right Now

04:36 Running to Stand Still: Skills and AI

08:27 AI's Sybil Attack on Content and Platforms

12:29 The Water Line Rising: Content Overload and Curation

21:08 Finding Nutritious Content in a Sea of AI-Generated Material

25:48 New Opportunities in Content Curation and Skill Sets

26:36 AI and Crypto: Future Intersections

33:14 Quantum Computing Risks and Opportunities

36:07 The Fintechization of Crypto and Narrative Shifts

38:01 Inextricable Values in Technology

Stay Connected:

Subscribe to Endgame: https://www.youtube.com/@endgamepodcast

Amanda on X: https://x.com/amandacassatt

Serotonin on X: https://x.com/serotonin_hq

Links to Follow:

Endgame on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/episode/45B9szUxVXEwfCDA6uRxwq?si=HT9XXqF9Q2CcM9hfLbmkVg

Endgame on Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/endgame-with-amanda-cassatt/id1801809440

“The scammy elements of crypto are turning people off—and that’s something we need to fix.”

In this episode of Endgame, Amanda Cassatt sits down with Yat Siu, co-founder of Animoca Brands, to unpack crypto’s evolution—from idealism to hype cycles—and what comes next.

They explore AI agents, the open metaverse, and who actually benefits as technology scales. Yat argues blockchain was built for a future of billions of AI agents—and we’re closer than we think.

The conversation also dives into creativity, education, and what it means to stay human in an increasingly automated world.

At its core, this episode asks: who owns the system—and is the future being built one worth living in?

Stay Connected:

Yat Siu on X: https://x.com/ysiu

Subscribe to Endgame: https://www.youtube.com/@endgamepodcast

Amanda on X: https://x.com/amandacassatt

Serotonin on X: https://x.com/serotonin_hq

Links to Follow:

Endgame on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/episode/45B9szUxVXEwfCDA6uRxwq?si=HT9XXqF9Q2CcM9hfLbmkVg

Endgame on Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/endgame-with-amanda-cassatt/id1801809440

Substack: https://substack.com/@UCInZsV3L1nDGoFjxoNUnPQQ

Most of the people running the world are not evil masterminds; they are sincere operators trapped in an “epistemic maze.”

In this episode of Endgame, Amanda Cassatt sits down with Curtis Yarvin to explore why the rules-based international order was always fragile and how elite decision-makers operate on unexamined assumptions. They unpack Yarvin’s “interchangeable baby theory,” the 20th-century belief that human outcomes are largely interchangeable, and how this flawed idea shaped policy without ever being questioned.

The conversation shifts to modern finance, where deposit insurance, bailouts, and informal guarantees create a tower of promises barely anchored in reality. From there, they tackle AI, arguing that machines could make most humans economically useless unless society redesigns work, introducing artificial constraints so humans retain meaningful roles.

This episode examines the hidden assumptions in power, money, and labor, and what happens when technology exposes the gaps in a system built on faith and untested ideas.

Timestamps:

00:00 Intro

01:25 The Fate of the Rules-Based International Order

08:47 Interchangeable Baby Theory and Its Implications

17:58 The Stability of the US Dollar and Financial Systems

29:34 AI, Technology, and the Future of Society

34:07 The Craving for Violence in Media

34:29 Artificial Difficulty in Gaming and Crafting

34:57 Labor Supply and Demand in a Changing World

36:07 The Economic Uselessness of the Majority

36:38 Cultural Reflections on Indigenous Peoples and Welfare

38:11 AI's Impact on Employment Across Professions

38:34 The Dilemma of Meaningful Work vs. Automation

39:41 Autarky and Competing Economies

40:58 The Pursuit of Meaning Over Luxury

43:01 The Role of Technology in Shaping Labor

44:58 Cultural Stagnation and AI's Influence

46:05 The Aesthetic of AI and Over-Optimization

Stay Connected:

George on X: https://x.com/realGeorgeHotz

Subscribe to Endgame: https://www.youtube.com/@endgamepodcast

Amanda on X: https://x.com/amandacassatt

Serotonin on X: https://x.com/serotonin_hq

Links to Follow:

Endgame on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/episode/45B9szUxVXEwfCDA6uRxwq?si=HT9XXqF9Q2CcM9hfLbmkVg

Endgame on Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/endgame-with-amanda-cassatt/id1801809440

Substack: https://substack.com/@UCInZsV3L1nDGoFjxoNUnPQQ

"If you are using technology to manipulate other people, you should be ashamed of yourself."In this episode of Endgame, Amanda Cassatt sits down with George Hotz to explore when technology empowers and when it traps. Using the framework of finite and infinite games, they define manipulation as placing someone in a system designed to extract from them without their awareness.They examine algorithmic trading, behavioral betting, and AI agents, asking where the ethical line lies between prediction and deception. The conversation moves from societal measures like GDP to electricity, steel, and Nvidia’s AI chip dominance, highlighting how software moats create real choke points of power.George and Amanda explore whether AI will create a cognitive divide between the upgraded and the monkey class, and whether opting into algorithmic comfort loops is a voluntary surrender of agency.This episode is about the ethics of control in a world where persuasion can be automated and scaled, and whether the games we build are infinite or finite, liberating or extractive.▶️TIMESTAMPS00:00 Intro01:25 The Rise of AI Tools and Productivity03:02 The Evolution of Coding: From Direct Coders to Managers of Agents05:48 Democratization of Coding: Access and Quality08:24 The Impact of AI on Software Production and Value10:56 Cultural Manipulation and the Role of Technology13:48 The Perpetual Underclass: Fears and Realities16:14 The Future of Power Dynamics in AI18:52 The Cost of AI Development and Its Implications21:23 The Role of Culture in Addressing AI Challenges33:29 Cultural Responsibility and Advertising Ethics35:41 The Role of Technology in Manipulation38:40 Ethics of Control and Manipulation43:45 Market Fairness and Regulation46:18 The Future of Capitalism and Financial Products51:28 Electricity Production as a Measure of Progress53:08 NVIDIA and the Future of AI Chips56:30 Cultural Shifts and the Monkey Class01:01:41 The Liminal Space of AI and Culture

As artificial intelligence agents become the dominant interface to the web, the question is no longer just “Who are you?” but “Who is acting on your behalf?”

In this episode of Endgame, Amanda Cassatt sits down with Billions Network CEO Evin McMullen to examine the rapid shift toward agent-mediated internet use. At the end of last year, roughly one in every 31 website visits was conducted by a non-human actor, up sharply from just one in 200 earlier in the year.

Increasingly, we are delegating our online activity to digital butlers.But delegation does not eliminate identity. It compounds it. Evin argues that we are moving beyond traditional KYC, Know Your Customer, into a new paradigm called KYA, Know Your Agent.

If AI agents are making payments, accessing age-gated services, or interacting with financial and government systems, they must be able to prove who they represent. Identity becomes inheritable, and agents must cryptographically demonstrate the human or organization on whose behalf they act.This reframes the identity debate.

The problem is no longer just login friction or platform data extraction. It is the structural need to bind autonomous systems to accountable humans. As armies of specialized sub-agents begin coordinating tasks across domains, payments, compliance, and trust all depend on pairing the person with the agent.

Ultimately, identity becomes the backbone of the agentic internet. As humans step back from direct interaction and software takes the wheel, sovereignty shifts from logging in yourself to equipping your agents with portable, provable credentials so they can act and sign on your behalf.

Timestamps

00:00 Introduction

01:25 Understanding Identity in the Digital Age

05:15 The Flaws of Current Identity Systems

09:59 Reimagining Identity Workflows

13:00 User Control and Data Ownership

14:30 Incentives and the Future of Identity

18:28 The Role of Crypto in Identity Management

22:27 Proving Human Identity in a Digital World

25:27 The Future of Agents and Identity

30:23 Navigating the New Digital Landscape

33:09 The Intersection of Technology and Regulation

As artificial intelligence becomes the dominant interface for work, creativity, and competition, some people are adapting to it far faster than others.

In this episode of Endgame, Amanda Cassatt sits down with Dragonfly Capital’s Haseeb Qureshi to explore a generational shift in technological advantage: the biggest winners of every major tech transition are not the most experienced, but the most “pluripotent.”

Younger people, who haven’t yet locked themselves into fixed professional identities, are better positioned to experiment and use new tools as leverage.Haseeb explains how AI intensifies this dynamic.

The key emerging skill is no longer traditional engineering or management, but the ability to talk to models. Younger builders are becoming fluent in prompting, cross-agent workflows, and systems where AI agents write, review, and coordinate each other, patterns discovered by people actively building, not by institutions.

This reframes what talent and leadership mean. The edge now belongs to those who remain cognitively flexible and let technology reshape how they think and work. In an AI-native world, the most effective founders aren’t the best coders or managers, but the ones who can reason about complex systems and continuously adapt alongside fast-moving tools.

Ultimately, AI becomes a generational filter. Those who grow up fluent in these systems will treat them as a natural extension of thought, while older cohorts experience them as something they must translate through. As with every technological shift, the people who adopt the medium as native are the ones who end up defining the future.

Chapters:

0:00 Intro

01:23 The Intersection of AI and Crypto

06:13 The Role of AI Agents in Software Development

09:00 Shifting Profiles of Founders in Tech

11:55 The Future of Knowledge Work and AI

14:57 Decentralized AI and Security Concerns

17:57 The Future of AI and Crypto Integration

20:51 The Role of Stablecoins in the Crypto Ecosystem

24:01 The Evolution of Legal Systems in Tech

26:46 The Future of Labor and Capital in AI

30:01 Global Perspectives on AI and Crypto

32:54 The Future of Venture Capital in Tech

35:59 The Intergenerational Wealth Transfer of Crypto

39:01 The Future of AI and Crypto Regulation

42:04 The Role of Innovation in Crypto

If this expanded your thinking, don’t forget to Like, Comment & Share. For future cities, global systems & bold ideas, Subscribe now!

Technology is the most powerful force in history, and whether it liberates or consumes us depends entirely on how aligned it is with human agency.

For Amanda Cassatt, this belief underpins her techno-optimism: the conviction that progress must be actively built, not passively awaited. In this solo episode, she explains how she sees technology as upstream of culture, economics, and politics, and views optimism as a necessary stance for shaping systems that improve the future rather than accepting stagnation.

In her view, one of AI’s most powerful use cases will be hyper-addictive entertainment and persuasion, with millions of intelligent agents optimized to capture attention, shape behavior, and extract value.

But Cassatt argues that AI also holds the potential to act as a personal ally: an intelligent layer that enforces individual priorities, shields users from exploitative systems, and restores agency in an increasingly manipulative digital environment.As technology progresses, so will the need for “envelope technologies” and personal AI systems that protect users, preserve agency, and give people real control over the tools that mediate their lives.

For Cassatt, the future of technology hinges on alignment and ownership, determining whether we build systems that mine human attention or systems that empower humans to shape their own trajectories.

Timestamps

00:00 Introduction

01:31 Telling the Story of New Technology

05:13 Innovation or Financial Nihilism?

09:12 Birth of Two Markets

15:38 Key to Successful Startups

18:14 The Role of Brands

27:06 Stories to Understand the World

29:01 The AI Conundrum

39:02 Is AI the Tool or Are We?

44:11 The Case for Techno Optimism

Subscribe to Endgame: https://www.youtube.com/@endgamepodcast Edge City on X: https://x.com/JoinEdgeCityTimour Kosters on X: https://x.com/timourxyzAmanda on X: https://x.com/amandacassatt Serotonin on X: https://x.com/serotonin Endgame on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/6iSvbKOJWoEPiAoGmiulkd Endgame on Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/endgame-with-amanda-cassatt/id1801809440 Substack: https://substack.com/@UCInZsV3L1nDGoFjxoNUnPQQ

If this expanded your thinking, don’t forget to Like, Comment & Share. For future cities, global systems & bold ideas, Subscribe now!

As nation-states double down on borders, nationalism, and readiness for war, some people are choosing not to wait around to see how that ends.

Amanda Cassatt sits down with Timour Kosters, who worked alongside Vitalik Buterin on Zuzalu, and co-founder of Edge City, a borderless pop-up society where highly driven builders, thinkers, and creators experiment with life beyond the nation-state. Emerging directly from the Zuzalu experiment in Montenegro, Edge City functions as a live prototype for post-national belonging, a place where identity, culture, and collaboration are designed deliberately rather than inherited by accident.

Timour explains how Zuzalu shaped Edge City’s core philosophy: opting out of national identity, rejecting reflexive patriotism, and building high-trust communities that can survive disagreement without collapsing into tribalism. Edge City offers sovereignty within, giving people a way to escape inherited identities, nationalistic pressures, and the growing assumption that global conflict is inevitable.

Heterogeneity and multidisciplinarity are intentional. Edge City incubates startups, launches new fields of inquiry, and partners with emerging cities and jurisdictions, turning the community itself into a platform for coordination and long-term impact. The result is a network that produces ideas, companies, and alliances that would be difficult or impossible to form inside traditional state structures.

Edge City even tracks an unusual metric of success: children, and conceptions. Including families is not sentimental, it is strategic. It binds people to the community, creates continuity across generations, and embeds the next cohort inside a society actively experimenting with alternatives to nation-states. In a world increasingly organized around borders and conflict, Edge City is betting that opting out early is the real advantage.

Timestamps

00:00 Introduction

01:05 Vitalik’s goal: a minimum viable “crazy thing” that’s long enough to become real life

03:00 What Zuzalu was really for (and Timour’s role running the AI track)

08:10 Edge City’s design goal: heterogeneity and multidisciplinarity (and the fault lines)

10:40 AI safety vs accelerationism, crypto skeptics, political diversity—and why debate is hard

16:50 Where Edge City fits in a world of geopolitical blocs

19:40 Timour’s personal relationship to Russia and why he’s not a nationalist

22:10 Can network societies become bridging nodes across spheres of influence?

24:10 Historical parallel: the “International” before WWI—and what’s different now

26:10 Fear as a political tool—and why hope is “really punk”

32:00 The missing step in the Network State: kinship before land

36:10 Startup example: Constellation and the compressed loop from idea → data → investors

41:20 Working with towns and jurisdictions: Esmeralda, Bhutan, and “drop-shipping” talent

47:10 Why kids are a North Star metric—and how families change the entire vibe

49:30 “Conceptions” as an internal joke metric—and what it signals about community health

51:00 Closing: building futures that feel livable, not hollow

Subscribe to Endgame: https://www.youtube.com/@endgamepodcast

Edge City on X: https://x.com/JoinEdgeCity

Timour on X: https://x.com/timourxyz

Amanda on X: https://x.com/amandacassatt

Serotonin on X: https://x.com/serotonin

Endgame on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/6iSvbKOJWoEPiAoGmiulkd

Endgame on Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/endgame-with-amanda-cassatt/id1801809440

Substack: https://substack.com/@UCInZsV3L1nDGoFjxoNUnPQQ