‘End of the World Vibes’: Why Culture Can’t Stop Thinking About Apocalypse
Dorian Lynskeytheguardian.comSaved by owl
‘End of the World Vibes’: Why Culture Can’t Stop Thinking About Apocalypse
It’s easier to think the world will end than to contemplate all the suffering to come if it were to actually continue. Not to mention all the work we’re going to need to do, political and otherwise, in order to carry on.
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