More evidence of humankind's fascination with apocalyptic change, on display at my local Barnes & Noble. I have trouble understanding this particular obsession. Is ordinary life so grim for many people that they can only get through it by imaging that the universe will soon be destroyed?I suppose this is only one facet of the desire for "Change" that I wrote about in the context of the signs people waved at Obama's campaign rallies. At a lower level it sustains the vacation and fasion industries. When carried to extremes, it means Revolution, or the Son of Man coming on clouds of glory.
Me, I kind of like life the way it is, and I am more interesting in tinkering than overturning.
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