I think that the reason that people have stopped quoting Kafka, is because he's really painful to read. Derrida, Greek philosophers: meh. Fun for a while, bu

I think that the reason that people have stopped quoting Kafka, is because he's really painful to read. Derrida, Greek philosophers: meh. Fun for a while, but fails to capture the imagination. Part of the problem with "great" literature or philosophy is that so much of it is written by tortured, depressed people for the tortured and depressed audience. It was cool to read Nietzsche when I was tortured and depressed in my early 20's, sitting at the Kopi Cafe in Chicago, while chain smoking and pounding triple espresso's. Right now, I don't really have the time to think about soul-crushing absurdity of life. I'm too busy trying to found my startup. Not too many nihilists in Silicon Valley these days. You'd probably find more of them in the rust belt.