Being a nihilist must be like being a Manchester United supporter in the 1990s. What Eric Cantona did for the Red Devils back then, Covid is doing for nihilism right now.
Everyone’s jumping on the bandwagon. In these apocalyptic times, the search for meaning, for purpose, for clarity extends beyond Old Trafford. The whole world is at it.
The interminable pandemic has turned us into a bizarre mix of an over-eager Clark Kent and a lame Confucius, notepad in hand, asking endless questions of our current existence. What are we to learn from Covid-19? What are
