{"id":13215,"date":"2026-06-21T23:06:51","date_gmt":"2026-06-22T03:06:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/parmaks.com\/Resources\/in-its-larval-state-seths-blog\/"},"modified":"2026-06-21T23:06:51","modified_gmt":"2026-06-22T03:06:51","slug":"in-its-larval-state-seths-blog","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/parmaks.com\/Resources\/in-its-larval-state-seths-blog\/","title":{"rendered":"\u201cIn its larval state\u201d | Seth&#8217;s Blog"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/hop.clickbank.net\/?affiliate=infohatch&amp;vendor=J1R2C\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-10614 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/parmaks.com\/Resources\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/profit-gen400px.png\" alt=\"Profit Gen\" width=\"400\" height=\"217\" srcset=\"https:\/\/parmaks.com\/Resources\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/profit-gen400px.png 400w, https:\/\/parmaks.com\/Resources\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/profit-gen400px-300x163.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Thirty years ago, Cory Doctorow did an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=Y0EXga2hEIs\">interview<\/a> showing primitive inklings of the internet future (music, videos, etc.). At the time, it was easy to dismiss it as an irrelevant toy, and most people in power did just that.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Around the same time, I wrote an <a href=\"https:\/\/seths.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/direct-marketing-magazine-yoyodyne.pdf\">article<\/a> for Direct Marketing magazine outlining the future of email marketing. Again, most people who saw it didn\u2019t agree enough to actually do something with it.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Now, here we are, with AI in the larval state. It\u2019s easy to look at the very real financial and human cost, the speed bumps, the errors, and decide to just wait and see.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The real question is whether this is like the web and email, or more like virtual reality headsets.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">When you make the choice to avoid becoming the most experienced person in a room (whatever room you\u2019re in), you\u2019re making a bet about the future.<\/p>\n<p class=\"byline\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"date\">June 21, 2026<\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><script>\n\t\t\/\/ Delaying FB pixel script to load after 4 seconds to not affect on initial page load.\n\t\tsetTimeout( function () {\n\t\t\t!function ( f, b, e, v, n, t, s ) {\n\t\t\t\tif ( f.fbq ) {\n\t\t\t\t\treturn;\n\t\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t\tn = f.fbq = function () {\n\t\t\t\t\tn.callMethod ? n.callMethod.apply( n, arguments ) : n.queue.push( arguments )\n\t\t\t\t};\n\t\t\t\tif ( !f._fbq ) {\n\t\t\t\t\tf._fbq = n;\n\t\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t\tn.push = n;\n\t\t\t\tn.loaded = !0;\n\t\t\t\tn.version = '2.0';\n\t\t\t\tn.queue = [];\n\t\t\t\tt = b.createElement( e );\n\t\t\t\tt.async = !0;\n\t\t\t\tt.src = v;\n\t\t\t\ts = b.getElementsByTagName( e )[0];\n\t\t\t\ts.parentNode.insertBefore( t, s )\n\t\t\t}( window, document, 'script',\n\t\t\t\t'https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/fbevents.js' );\n\t\t\tfbq( 'init', '221651354884486' );\n\t\t\tfbq( 'track', 'PageView' );\n\t\t}, 4000 );\n\t<\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/hop.clickbank.net\/?affiliate=infohatch&amp;vendor=J1R2C\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-10614 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/parmaks.com\/Resources\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/profit-gen400px.png\" alt=\"Profit Gen\" width=\"400\" height=\"217\" srcset=\"https:\/\/parmaks.com\/Resources\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/profit-gen400px.png 400w, https:\/\/parmaks.com\/Resources\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/profit-gen400px-300x163.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><br \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Thirty years ago, Cory Doctorow did an interview showing primitive inklings of the internet future (music, videos, etc.). 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