# 46 - ARX-Han: The Shape of Meaning | Shame, Masculinity, Nihilism, and Agency

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Podcast: [Hacking State](https://stenobird.com/podcast/hacking-state-6414128)
Published: 2025-03-06T12:00:00+00:00
Episode link: https://hackingstate.podbean.com/e/arx-han/
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## Resource

ARX-Han is a novelist and publisher of the Decentralized Fiction Substack. He joins me to discuss cultural accelerationism, shame and masculinity, nihilism and the crisis of agency, and AI & fears of human obsolescence. ARX-Han On X: https://x.com/ARX_Han On Substack: https://www.decentralizedfiction.com/ His novel, INCEL: https://www.amazon.com/INCEL-Novel-ARX-Han/dp/B0CJLCZVCG/ If you enjoyed this interview, please leave a review on Spotify/iTunes. Support Hacking State: https://hackingstate.substack.com/subscribe Listen on: Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@alexmurshak Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/hacking-state/id1689677076 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/1XB9XYULrAY4dp0qIJVvCg RSS: https://feed.podbean.com/hackingstate/feed.xml

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