What can history teach us about surviving the AI era?
Before Gary Vaynerchuk became a household name, he was running his family's wine business in New Jersey, pioneering digital marketing before most people knew what it was. From launching one of the first e-commerce wine sites in 1996 to being one of Twitter's earliest power users, he was one of the first people to prove how social media could transform a business.
In this episode, Gary sits down with Rabble, CEO of Divine, to make sense of where social media has been and where AI is taking us next. They discuss why teen social media bans in countries including Australia aren’t working, the rise of interest media, and why the moral panic around AI is nothing new.
Chapters:
00:00 Introduction
05:03 Gary’s Early Days on Twitter
09:13 Why Gary Saw Social Media's Potential First
10:20 How Twitter Was Built
14:36 AI and the Future of Technology
17:16 Why AI Fear Is Being Weaponized
18:24 Moral Panics: From Comic Books to AI
23:43 Humans Will Always Be Human
26:08 How Google Killed the Yellow Pages
28:21 Why Technology Always Wins in the End
30:43 Social Media Bans and Parenting
33:10 Why Australia's Social Media Ban and Parenting
36:57 How Gary Maximizes for Joy
40:37 Bringing Back Vine with Divine
41:30 Why Algorithms Are Useful
44:58 Analog and the Future
Show notes:
Gary Vee on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCctXZhXmG-kf3tlIXgVZUlw
VaynerMedia: https://vaynermedia.com/
VaynerX: https://vaynerx.com/
VeeFriends: https://veefriends.com/
Gary Vaynerchuk: https://garyvaynerchuk.com/
Follow Rabble on Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/rabble.nz
Follow the podcast: https://episodes.fm/1824528874
This episode was executive produced by Alice Chan from Flock Marketing.
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