Gary Vee Was Right About Social Media. Here’s What’s Next.

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: GaryVee 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. To learn more visit https://revolution.social/