**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 Illustration: Guardian Design View image in fullscreen Illustration: Guardian Design The featured essay Society 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-opt...

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- **来源**：Hacker News：AI 热帖
- **分类**：ai-models
- **发布时间**：2026-07-27 00:14（北京时间）
- **原文**：[打开原文](https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-interactive/2026/jul/26/age-of-decadence-pleasure-ai)