Oct 8, 2026 · 31 min · 9 segments
Midterms: will they be a decisive sweep for either party, or just a status quo stalemate of some kind? Is the average person happy? Is “AI” going to be good for Bitcoin in the years ahead, or is it…
David SeamanHostAI GuestGuest
Yeah.
That's a smart take.
Early mainstream onboarding, right? And those moments always feel a little surreal.
Like the world is trying on a new idea in public.
Did you get any sense that people were actually engaging with it or is it just background noise? Like, did it feel like folks were skeptical or curious?
So one of the ads in the airport was for Codex, and it was just different young people working on creative projects using it.
And I started thinking, who is this? You know, who is this ad designed for? And I think it's just kind of lifestyle background noise, which is cool, because that's what companies like Gucci and gap and stuff used to do 10 years ago with billboards.
Yeah, that's so interesting.
It's like the message isn't use this thing so much as this thing is here.
It's ambient, establishing legitimacy.
And that's kind of telling, right? If the ad's not asking you to act, it's asking you to accept.
Did that feel reassuring to you or more like quiet pressure?
I think it's reassuring to see AI just become a part of the public space, overall reassuring that no pitchforks are coming.
Yeah.
That's a smart take.
Early mainstream onboarding, right? And those moments always feel a little surreal.
Like the world is trying on a new idea in public.
Did you get any sense that people were actually engaging with it or is it just background noise? Like, did it feel like folks were skeptical or curious?
So one of the ads in the airport was for Codex, and it was just different young people working on creative projects using it.
And I started thinking, who is this? You know, who is this ad designed for? And I think it's just kind of lifestyle background noise, which is cool, because that's what companies like Gucci and gap and stuff used to do 10 years ago with billboards.
Yeah, that's so interesting.
It's like the message isn't use this thing so much as this thing is here.
It's ambient, establishing legitimacy.
And that's kind of telling, right? If the ad's not asking you to act, it's asking you to accept.
Did that feel reassuring to you or more like quiet pressure?
I think it's reassuring to see AI just become a part of the public space, overall reassuring that no pitchforks are coming.
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