Nervous Habits - Episode 66: Nothing We Do Really Means Anything, But That’s Okay: A Theory of Sunny Nihilism With Journalist Wendy Syfret

Nervous Habits with Ricky Rosen

Nervous Habits host Ricky Rosen is joined by journalist Wendy Syfret. Wendy and I explore issues including…

—How a belief in nihilism can free you from many of the struggles in your daily life…

—Why the humor of Gen Z is so “dark and weird”…

—How the hopelessness of the climate change crisis, the corrosive divide in our politics, and the never-ending pandemic are making young people consider becoming nihilists…

—Whether it is possible for people who believe in nihilism to fall in love, and finally…

—Why you don’t have to surrender your belief in God to be a nihilist.