W. David Marx

W. David Marx is the author of Blank Space: A Cultural History of the Twenty-First Century and Status and Culture: How Our Desire for Social Rank Creates Taste, Identity, Art, Fashion, and Constant Change and Ametora: How Japan Saved American Style. He lives in Tokyo, Japan.

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Make Culture Weird Again
Even failures and half steps will be more interesting than the boring stuff.
W. David Marx
November 25, 2025
llustration by Rob & Robin
The Diminishing Returns of Having Good Taste
The internet makes most information instantly available. What if that’s why mass culture is so boring?
W. David Marx
May 1, 2024
Illustration by Matteo Giuseppe Pani