What does YOLO has to do with Camus?
Everyone has experienced at least sometime the absence of meaning in our lives. Maybe produced by a sense of loneliness or monotony of the daily routine that drags you to a senseless appreciation of what we do, feel or think. “The Stranger” by Camus, offers an accurate prediction of what the world would be once we embrace the meaninglessness of human life. The aftermath of the millennial generation that accepts same-sex marriage and fights for the right of women to decide whether to give birth or not, is a deeply fear to hold on to their own beliefs, a strong fear to be judged as “close minded”. But, is it really that bad to be closed minded? Maybe it's just overrated. The millennial stranger is a lover of the carpe diem, pragmatic and hedonist culture... Sounds familiar? Right, the YOLO culture. You Only Live Once... If there's no meaning or trascendency on what I do today, maybe it is ok to live for the moment, when there is no consecuence to what...