Individuals in today’s world, in what might be termed “advanced modernity,” are caught up in a strange paradox. Never has life seemed so sacred. On the one hand, now more than ever, we protect it, preserve it, and take pains not to waste it; greater efforts than ever before are invested in keeping death at a distance. As is demonstrated by the way in which the Covid-19 crisis was handled, any policy or security measure—even if it curtails our fundamental freedoms—can apparently be justified by the desire to preserve life. On the other hand, are we truly living at all? Our existences are increasingly confined, withdrawn from the world, and entrenched. We are experiencing rampant individualism which, now, leads to rejection of collective existence, in a tropism toward increasingly home-boundedness, with a marked tendency toward the virtualization of existence. At the very least, it leads us to question both the meaning of life (is it enough merely to survive as long as possible, as if in a state of apnea?) and the human condition (do we really want to avoid living together? Can we really afford not to make the political commitment that would allow us to safeguard our shared spaces?).