Culture: An Owner's Manual
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The social principles that guide the creation of culture.

Good Taste is Not What’s Oppressing Us in 2026

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My New Book, Blank Space, is Out Today

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Our Geniuses Define Our Times

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The New Yorker Roundup

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“Online-first culture has made raw trendiness the primary cultural value, which is moving the base of cultural production away from the U.S.”

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The Pro-Pop Ideology, from Ashlee to Addison

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GenAI is Our Polyester

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The Missing Piece in Conversations about “Cultural Decline”

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The 21st Century and Empty Popularity

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Earnestness versus Cynicism: Fashion, then Politics

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The Age of the Double Sell-Out

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On Writing a History of the 21st Century

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On Sale: Shōwa Guide Tokyo

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Why It's Hard to Argue about “Cultural Stasis”

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Forget Gladwell

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Cultural Stasis Produces Fewer Cheesy Relics like Rocky IV

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Culture is an Ecosystem: A Manifesto Towards a New Cultural Criticism (3)

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Culture is an Ecosystem: A Manifesto Towards a New Cultural Criticism (2)

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