The two essays both support the ideas of nihilism and how the world is slowly submerging in a state where people act like they don't care about anything and view the end of the world as just a simple event. In Courtney Heck's essay, Heck says, "In a time of fear, crises, and anxiety dystopian futures become more popular in pop culture,  this is because they give us a sense of control"(Heck 1). What Heck is saying is that the idea of nihilism and dystopian cultures is being seen more and more in pop culture and just society in general because people get to see what could happen to the world in the future and that knowledge gives people a sense of control. I also notice more characters in media that simply don't care about anything. A movie that just came out for example, "John Wick" Wick is an assasin that doesn't care about anything except for his dead wife and dog. This makes John Wick a badass.