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CAMUS, ALBERT

1913–1960

The Absurd (Limbo Itself)

Camus: the absurd is the encounter between human longing for meaning and the universe's silence. Limbo is Camus on a server. The applicant longs for verification; the policy answers unverifiable. The applicant continues to apply. Sisyphus pushes the rock. We do not imagine Sisyphus happy; we imagine him on the waitlist, position 847,294, refreshing.

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