The Decadence Project

Dark Money as Art Funding in the Age of Political Influencers

When Funding Political Content Means Funding Art

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Peter Clarke

Lucky Us: Life Extension Meets Authoritarianism

What Happens When Autocrats Discover the Fountain of Youth

Sep 9 • 

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August 2025

Nick Cave and the Aura Economy

AI might take our jobs, but it can never defeat aura farming

Aug 19 • 

Peter Clarke

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Be the Anti-LLM

Eric Weinstein’s Call for Human Originality

Aug 11 • 

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Why Don't Men Read Fiction Anymore?

Thank you Angela Nagle, JLR, and many others for tuning into my live video with Johnson Riggs (Centaur Write Satyr, MBA)!

Aug 5 • 

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July 2025

2025: Entering the Next American Epoch

A new way to look at the American project as we move into the age of AI

Jul 16 • 

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The Double-Edged Sword of Storytelling

Stories are equipment for living—and for manipulation

Jul 1 • 

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June 2025

Are Network States Compatible with the Dark Enlightenment?

In the Post-Liberal World, Can Balaji and Yarvin Coexist?

Jun 25 • 

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Left-Coded Degeneracy Has a Sex Problem

Art, Sex, and the Church of Euthanasia

Jun 18 • 

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Pirates of the Empty Cities of the Future

How the Global Population Bust Could Open a New Frontier

Jun 6 • 

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May 2025

The Future of Californication

California has a chance to do something radical: to redefine its wrecked image.

May 25 • 

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What Comes After Dopamine Culture?

It's time to prepare for Peak Experience Culture

May 16 • 

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