Burning Out, Fading Away in The Random Age

It’s not The COVID-19 New World Order, The Trumpian Epoch, or the Time of I-Thing— “Random” is the word of the decade for a reason.

Live like your hair is on fire, burn if you must.

The reckless, impassioned romanticism of Canadian rocker Neil Young’s line It’s better to burn out than fade away is irresistible to a certain type of person. The line…