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Why does everything feel so joyless? Welcome to the age of decadence without pleasure

Decadence in our era comes in technologically mediated forms, emptied of desire and obsessed with self-optimisation

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-interactive/2026/jul/26/age-of-decadence-pleasure-ai?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other