The Death of Prestige and the Rise of Signal — Why Everything Is Changing Right In Front of Us
For centuries, prestige shaped power.
It told us who to listen to, who got funded, who got seen.
Your degree, your resume, your institution — that was the story.
But that story is over.
We’re living through one of the most significant cultural shifts in modern history:
Prestige is dying. Signal is rising.
And if you’re paying attention, you can feel it.
🚫 Prestige was built on scarcity.
Scarcity of access. Scarcity of opportunity. Scarcity of tools.
And it worked — when gatekeepers controlled the stage.
But now?
AI gave the mic to the people.
And suddenly, everything that made prestige valuable — exclusivity, proximity, permission — became irrelevant.
Because now,
anyone can build something real, right now.
- A 17-year-old can launch an AI-powered brand from a bedroom.
- A creator in Kenya can drop a video that gets more attention than a Super Bowl ad.
- A founder with no followers can build a loyal audience just by showing up with value, heart, and truth.
That’s not luck.
That’s the
new system.
