As the world gets worse around us, and authoritarians seek cover for their activities, the art of the future will happen on your phone
The liberal age, beginning after World War II and characterized by legal protections, freedoms, and economic security, is ending. Its cultural forms, like middlebrow novels, Hollywood movies, and rock albums, have become hollow. Postliberal art forms, potentially kitsch and tribal in nature, are emerging, possibly including "decodable spectacles" accessible via technology like phones.