Doordash Decadence is Killing Me

Go to https://ground.news/OT to take back control of how you stay informed. Save 40% on the Ground News Vantage Plan and critically engage with the world around you through diverse sources of information. THANK YOU TO THE NATURAL HISTORY MUSEUM [GO VISIT!] Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/ordinarythings Twitter: https://x.com/ordinarytings 00:00 - INTRO 01:47 - Friction 02:48 - McDonalds Digital Kiosks 03:59 - Digital Decadence Defined 04:49 - Introducing Historical Decadence 06:32 - Doordash Part One 08:25 - How to Blitzscale 09:01 - Doordash Part Two 13:55 - Free Labor Era? 16:45 - Grounded 18:02 - Heian Era Japan 20:50 - Oswald Spengler 23:35 - Spengler's Seasons of Civilisation 25:15 - The Evil Economics of OF 31:40 - Simulation and Simulacra 32:34 - Reality/Image Meltdown 36:38 - Weird London Interlude 37:40 - Musk, Ani & Hyper-Reality 40:34 - The Simulation & You 43:07 - The Qing Dynasty, for some reason 46:03 - Digital Decadence & You