This episode narrates the new pages “'Nihilism is OK' is not OK" and "The uncanny absence of nihil –ism".   “Nihilism is inevitable, but not a problem.” This is mistaken: it makes you miserable and ineffective, and erodes social and cultural capacity.   https://meaningness.com/nihilism-considered-harmful   Nihilism, like botulism, is not an ideology or conceptual system. It is a stance: an emotionally-charged way of being.   https://meaningness.com/nihilism-is-not-an-ism   Links mentioned in this episode:   In "Postmodernism vs. The Pomoid Cluster" John Nerst analyzes the relationship between postmodernism as an academic theory, and “pomo” as a popular way of relating to meaningness.   The TV Tropes page "Straw Nihilist".   I struggled with saying "schismatic subsects", but you only get the edited version in which I nailed it. :)   You can support the podcast and get episodes a week early, by supporting the Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/m/fluidityaudiobooks If you like the show, consider buying me a coffee: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/mattarnold Original music by Kevin MacLeod. This podcast is under a Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial International 4.0 License.