Since humans began to farm several thousand years ago, we’ve become increasingly better off.
With progress comes problems, and one of the pesky problems that accompanies “easy food” is active imaginations and an insatiable desire for entertainment - preferably real-life drama.
So it’s no surprise that, in response to the demand, clever people cook up entertainingly frightful scenarios for us to dwell on. I suppose it started in earnest with John writing Revelation. Nostradamus got in on some action. Malthus was the king of dire. Carson’s Silent Spring continues to flow. Michael Moore is the modern version (complete with special effects!) of all the above. Global cooling, acid rain, ozone holes, alar on apples, Y2K, England winning the Ashes ... the list goes on and on.
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