Existentialism or terms like existential threat are constantly being bandied about in modern podcasts and YouTube videos. It seems like the word is in constant use. When I was college I took a course in French literature and remember reading Sartre and Camus and being told they were existentialists. I once knew someone who bragged about having "existentialist friends".
Today existentialism defines everything and nothing. David Byrne is an existentialist songwriter. Basquiat was an existentialist artist. Jessica Tarlov is an existentialist. Elon Musk is an existentialist. Amy Acton's mother is an existentialist. It is easy to define someone as an existentialist. Oat meal is a popular existentialist breakfast food. Rosicrucians are not existentialists.
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