Decadence in our era comes in technologically mediated forms, emptied of
desire and obsessed with self-optimisation
Do you want to have a good time? You know, really enjoy yourself? Click
here, and tell us your desires. Maybe itrCOs a new outfit, or some exotic cuisine delivered anonymously and steaming hot to your door. Maybe itrCOs
porn or gambling. Perhaps you prefer the infinite scroll, the endlessly unfurling ribbon of glossy images and videos starring people yourCOll
never meet doing things yourCOll never do. Or maybe you favor talking to a chatbot who will assure you that you are the most special of all its
users.
For anyone with an Internet connection and a little discretionary
income, the contemporary moment offers a superabundance of seductive distractions. Why then the pervasive mood of emptiness? Why are so many
at once overstimulated and bored?
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