Villains are often the characters with the most agency in science fiction stories, using their genius to figure out how to take over the world or remake it in their image. But those schemes don’t have ...

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 ...

The big-idea explorers at Aperture dive into why nihilism is taking over modern society and what it means for our future.

The big-idea explorers at Aperture dive into the concept of optimistic nihilism, exploring why nothing matters but why that ...

Daniela is a freelance writer with two years of experience covering entertainment. She is a senior writer on Collider’s freelance team and has also been published in other platforms, such as Elite ...

In the wake of his death, it’s hard to know which Bowie to pay tribute to, since we knew so little about the nucleus that was shared by each of his personas. Most people have taken the safe and ...

The urge to graft meaning onto every part of waking consciousness isn’t surprising, but does this habit actually make anyone feel better? Writing a book about nihilism in 2020 was a strange experience ...