We’re joined by cultural commentator and internet historian Default Friend AKA Katherine Dee (read her newsletter and listen to her podcast on SubStack and follow her on Twitter) to discuss hipster reactionaries in the mainstream, the coming conflict among Big Tech vs. crypto-optimists vs. neo-Luddites, the philosophical meaning of the detransition movement, the death of the mall, radicalization and misinformation, Nina Jankowicz and Taylor Lorenz, the secret history of Miladys, Urbit and spiritual warfare, The Mars Review of Books and the new confluence of lit and tech, femcels (read DF’s femcel essay in the MRB), the potential of podcasts as art, and a postmortem on her pod After the Orgy. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit grandhotelabyss.substack.com