Who was Nietzsche? Philosopher, psychologist, poet, madman, provocateur—these names orbit around him but never settle. He is the “strange German,” dismissed by some as the father of nihilism and ...

In an age of voice-driven fiction, the phrase “novel of ideas” has an unavoidably dusty ring. It summons the drowsy cadence of the philosopher, the tedious rehearsal of concepts on loan from ...

Who truly knows Nietzsche? The question is not confined to philosophy seminars or libraries full of heavy tomes or we can’t label this to any particular magazine. It belongs to anyone who has wrestled ...

AI was never just a tool to make us more productive, or to help us do ‘good’. It was always also an expression of who we are and what we are becoming. Photo: 7/31/1946-New York. This photo of "Miss ...

An Oregon teen arrested last month in connection with an alleged mass shooting plot targeting a mall in southwestern Washington subscribed to a “nihilistic violent extremist ideology,” according to ...

As American political chaos radiates around the globe, it is tempting to label Donald Trump a nihilist—an authoritarian devoid of values, trashing all that he can in a primal bid for dominance. This ...

*Originally published on Jan. 20, 2025. Existentialist German philosopher Friedrick Nietzsche is most popularly known for his declaration that 'God is dead' and for his wrestling with nihilism. But ...

My X feed has recently been flooded with parodies of the “White Women for Kamala” Zoom call, where a kindergarten teacher turned social media influencer “gentle parented” a group of white women, ...

Sometimes, timing is everything. MGMT began with two college students who mocked rockstar clichés on their single, “Time to Pretend.” They wrote Let’s make some music, make some money, find some ...