What's Driving the "Horseshoe of Nihilism"? with Gregg Hurwitz

Join us for Objectively Speaking with Gregg Hurwitz on Wednesday, July 15 @ 2 PM PT / 5 PM ET. 

What's driving the "horseshoe of nihilism," and why are so many people being pulled toward it? 

Fresh off his standout appearance at The Atlas Society’s Galt’s Gulch 2026 student conference this June, Gregg Hurwitz returns to sit down with Atlas Society CEO Jennifer Grossman for a full episode of Objectively Speaking. Gregg Hurwitz is the New York Times #1 internationally bestselling author of 27 thrillers, including the Orphan X series and the upcoming novella The Delivery. His novels have won numerous literary awards and have been published in 33 languages, and he currently serves as the Co-President of International Thriller Writers. Beyond fiction, he's an award-winning documentary producer and lately, a clear-eyed voice working against polarization in politics and culture.

At the heart of the conversation is what Hurwitz calls the "horseshoe of nihilism": the point where the far left and far right bend toward each other and meet in a shared rejection of meaning, a "No Lives Matter" zone. He and Jennifer unpack how monetized algorithms select for the users most vulnerable to radicalization, why so many people, especially young men, feel unmoored from reality, and how much responsibility each of us bears for where our attention goes. 

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