OK, so consider this.

• Fractals are kitsch
• Recursion is a cliché
• Quantum theory is banal
• Nature just reminds us of shitty motivational posters or the default wallpaper in Windows XP
• Infinity is middlebrow.

Do we live in the age of the post-sublime?

(This is the first in a series I’m calling “Drunk Theories”, because they’re speculative and probably full of shit,  but kind of fun to think of, although not really that fun to hear).