it is not purely hopeless. What he offered, rather, was an alternative kind of heroism characterized by a sort of honesty about one’s condition: living with an intense humility and positive resignation to the awe, mystery, and chaos of the universe and our insignificant position within it. This position—the absurdity of life and being made victim by our own death—can be framed in a way that does not deny it, but rather, provides perspective—honest perspective that can reduce one’s concerns over the petty and trivial.
