Culture

But relationships are not a zero-sum game. This tit-for-tat, scorekeeping borne from humiliation culture just further atrophies modern romance. In both dating and relationships, there needs to be a certain level of mutual trust, but by inviting the whole internet in to watch we threaten the chance to build any sort of connection.

James Baldwin’s January 1985 Playboy essay, “Freaks and the American Ideal of Manhood” describes how the masculine ideal demands that men prove their manhood by dominating others.

“We have a tendency to have the river visit us every so often,” Schwartz says.

It’s wearable Bauhaus styled with Puma shoes, a theory of mute as loud, the softening of iPhone face via sweet off-the-shoulder tops and male midriff: you are aware of enshittification but you don’t let it wear you.

The goal is to make technology something that extends human potential rather than reducing it to nothingness - to create visible prosperity rather than just extracting it.