Why Being Chronically Online Is Now a Cheat Code
Watch on YouTube ↗  |  February 16, 2026 at 20:52 UTC  |  5:26  |  Thread Guy
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Summary

  • The current market environment, defined by the intersection of AI and Crypto, is moving at a speed that induces "AI psychosis" and overwhelms human dopamine receptors.
  • Success in this cycle ("The Flow") requires a binary choice: total immersion (being "chronically online") or total disconnection (living offline). There is no viable "middle ground" or "one foot in, one foot out" strategy.
  • The "Flow" is analogous to a 24/7 nightclub where the party never ends; participants must "submit to the algorithm" and accept the volatility and weirdness to capture the upside in speculative finance.
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The speaker states, "If we want to be bleeding edge on what's happening in AI and speculative entertainment speculative finance... we have to spend an increasingly large amount of time with said things." He concludes, "I want to fully commit to the flow." The "Flow" represents the concentration of liquidity, attention, and alpha in the fastest-moving sectors (specifically identified as AI and Crypto/Speculative Entertainment). To "commit" to the flow is to be directionally long these high-beta asset classes. The speaker argues that "tourists" (partial participants) will fail, while those who "submit" to the speed of these markets will be rewarded. LONG the most speculative, high-attention sectors (AI and Crypto) as the speaker commits to "riding" the volatility. "AI psychosis," mental burnout, and the potential for the "flow" to "gently return you to pedestrian life" (total loss of capital) if habits cannot be maintained.