by Shelt Garner
@sheltgarner
It used to be, vibe shifts happened all the time. As such, the world of the early 1980s was very, very different than that of the late 1980s. And then, for some reason, we got stuck in 1995 for thirty years.
Now, I’m not saying people will start to wear different clothes (at last), but mentally, I do think something has shifted. People are starting to look at the world in a slightly different way.
And, I think, that is going to pop up rather abruptly and suddenly when an unexpected movie, TV show or song becomes really popular for what seems like no apparent reason. I would maybe suggest the gay-hocky player TV show Heated Rivalry as an example of what I’m talking about.
While I do think that is an indication of a vibe shift, I thinking more something even more unexpected. Though, as an aside, I will suggest that the renewed popularity of Mad Men AGAIN is another sign of a vibe shift.
I think if a little movie with an unexpected plotline became really popular out of the blue in the next few months that that would be a prime suggestion that we really have had a vibe shift. If I really wanted to be egotistical, I might suggest that my scifi dramedy novel I’m working on might, just might be a part of the vibe shift.
Ha!
Or maybe it will be a piece of technology that takes off in an unexpected way. Maybe the vibe shift will be when Google Gemini totally takes over from ChatGPT as the go-to LLM for the consumer. That would definitely be a very vibe-shift type of thing to happen.
Or, maybe, it will be the OpenAI “pen?” that is being speculated about. Or, maybe, this could be the year that XR really takes off in an unexpected way. Or, if you really wanted to get weird, you might even suggest that some sort of AGI / ASI takes off at some point this year and changes e v e r y t h i n g.
Anyway, it will be interesting to see what happens next.
