Absurdistan: COVID and What Fear Made Us Do By Robert Rosic

Select Format

Absurdistan: COVID and What Fear Made Us Do

Robert Rosic

In Absurdistan, psychologist Robert Rosic offers a searing, darkly humorous examination of how the ‎world responded to the COVID-19 pandemic. From the toilet paper hoarding of early 2020 to the ‎labyrinthine contradictions of lockdown policies, mask mandates, and vaccine passports, Rosic ‎chronicles a global "detour into delirium" with the keen eye of a clinician and the sharp wit of a satirist.‎

Drawing on his professional background in psychology and his lived experience navigating pandemic ‎policies in Canada, Rosic dissects the fear-driven decisions, institutional overreach, and abandonment ‎of reason that defined the era. A provocative critique of groupthink, scientific overreach, and the ‎erosion of individual liberty, Absurdistan is both a cautionary tale and a call to remember—so that we ‎never repeat the mistakes of the past.‎

 

About Author

Robert Rosic

Robert Rosic is a Canadian psychologist whose clinical work spans assessment, rehabilitation, and support for individuals facing cognitive, psychological, and social disadvantage. His professional background has given him a front-row seat to how stress, fear, and institutional pressure shape human behavior—not in theory, but in lived experience.

Alongside his clinical practice, Robert Rosic is an author and creative artist with a long-standing interest in the intersection of psychology, culture, and meaning. His writing is informed not only by formal training but by a deep engagement with music, sport, and the creative process. A lifelong musician, he has worked across drums, guitar, piano, and songwriting, approaching creativity as both discipline and expression.