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

By Guardian staff reporter · The Guardian · July 2026

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

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

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