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Popular fear of the end of the world seems profoundly disconnected from how likely the end of the world is.
My best theory: The fear of the end of the world, is the fear of the end of the social world, it is reset of social accounting.
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Samo Burja
@SamoBurja
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The flip side: A desire for the end of the world, isn't about the end of the world, it is a desire for a reset in social accounting.
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Wolf Tivy
@wolftivy
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Is it fear? People want it. It is part of their plan for how the world gets fixed.
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Not-So-Spooky Action In The Middle Distance
@gamespotting
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27. sij |
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Gone With the Wind was historical post-apocalyptic fiction.
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@stellar_tombs
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27. sij |
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Hollywood produces too much dystopia, doesn't help
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Lihui
@chickenball33
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29. sij |
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maybe the end of social media
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Paul Phillips
@phonytope
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27. sij |
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The desire for a reset of financial accounting seems comorbid with apocalyptic visions
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Foul Weather Friend
@foulwtherfriend
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A common one: fear of the end of the world as lever for coercion. A way to get special care for special interests without obvious self-assertion.
Save-the-world narratives coerce conformity and personal favors that can't be gotten in less dramatic, less camouflaged ways.
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