Sisyphus is trending on Twitter right now, not because he’s a relatable millennial icon (although he is), but because the platform’s latest meme format is all about Greek mythology.

Sisyphus is Happy By Oliver W. Kim Wracked by recent debates on the decline of academic integrity and deficiencies in mental health services, Harvard is in a period of soul-searching.

"One must imagine Sisyphus happy," wrote Albert Camus in 1942. Well, I do try. But the page is blank. I sit at my desk seized by sudden doubt, conscious of decades of pointless toil behind me and ...

Even Sisyphus was happy, according to Camus, because “the struggle itself toward the heights is enough to fill a man’s heart.” Simply put, he had something to keep him busy.

One must imagine Sisyphus happy,” wrote Camus. “His fate belongs to him. His rock is his thing.” Shaking sand from the tangled thready roots of a clump of clover, I could relate. Given eternity to ...

He is happy, or at least satisfied, because he accepts the pointlessness of his life. He knows he will be hanged within a few days but he chooses to live despite everything.