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World-famous Judaeo-Christian existentialist philosopher David F. Brooks shows up to comfort us all with the knowledge that the lemons of global pandemic make great moral lemonade, if you add enough sugar ("The Moral Meaning of the Plague"):
Life and death can seem completely arbitrary. Religions and philosophies can seem like cruel jokes. The only thing that matters is survival. Without the inspiration of a higher meaning, selfishness takes over.
This mind-set is the temptation of the hour — but of course it’s wrong. We’ll look back on this as one of the most meaningful periods of our lives.
