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The Billionaire, the Influencer and their Baby

Or, why we need fairy tales.

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Katherine Dee
Mar 13, 2025
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Katherine Dee is an Internet historian and culture critic whose 2024 essay, “No, Culture is Not Stuck,” is one of the most popular pieces we’ve ever published. Today, she writes about our lack of, and need for, modern fairy tales that warn us about the dangers of celebrity and money in the age of the Internet.

— Santiago Ramos, executive editor

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Internet ethnographer. I want to talk to you if you grew up with unrestricted access to the Internet. @default_friend of X (formerly Twitter). Columnist all over. Commission me anyway!
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