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Every February, the world pretends it’s watching sports.
But what we’re really watching is spectacle.
From Bad Bunny’s Super Bowl halftime show, to the Winter Olympics’ performance of neutrality, to Moltbook — a platform where AI agents talk to each other while humans watch — this episode looks at how visibility, legitimacy, and power are produced in 2026.
This isn’t a recap.
It’s a media analysis of why spectacle has replaced decision-making, why attention now equals authority, and why politics increasingly hides inside entertainment, aesthetics, and “neutral” platforms.
FUNK !T breaks down the Super Bowl, the Olympics, and AI theatre as one system — and asks a simple question:
If everything is a stage, who’s actually in control?
By Sascha FunkEvery February, the world pretends it’s watching sports.
But what we’re really watching is spectacle.
From Bad Bunny’s Super Bowl halftime show, to the Winter Olympics’ performance of neutrality, to Moltbook — a platform where AI agents talk to each other while humans watch — this episode looks at how visibility, legitimacy, and power are produced in 2026.
This isn’t a recap.
It’s a media analysis of why spectacle has replaced decision-making, why attention now equals authority, and why politics increasingly hides inside entertainment, aesthetics, and “neutral” platforms.
FUNK !T breaks down the Super Bowl, the Olympics, and AI theatre as one system — and asks a simple question:
If everything is a stage, who’s actually in control?