For those unfamiliar with the text, "Mitos Sisifus" is not a novel, but a philosophical essay. Camus uses the Greek myth of Sisyphus—a man condemned by the gods to roll a rock up a mountain for eternity, only to watch it roll back down each time—as a metaphor for the human condition.

Sisyphus's task is often seen as a symbol of the human condition, representing the struggles and challenges that individuals face in life. The boulder that Sisyphus pushes up the hill represents the obstacles and difficulties that we encounter, while the hill itself represents the journey of life.

His friends, fellow Treaders who spent their lives mining crypto-shards, mocked him. "Why do you keep uploading a dead file?" they asked. "The PDF is unreadable. Even if it finishes, it's just digital static."

A: Absolutely. Camus wrote both simultaneously. The protagonist Meursault in The Stranger is an example of the “absurd man” – indifferent, passionate about sensory experience, and devoid of false hope.