Slate on MSN7d
Why Humans Can’t Get Enough of the End of the World
Any stories we tell about the end of the world will have to be fictional, since once the real thing occurs, no one will be ...
‘Everything Must Go’ Review: It’s the End of the World, Again
The end of the world, it’s no surprise, has been a longstanding obsession. Mr. Lynskey’s book “The Ministry of Truth” (2019) was an examination of George Orwell’s “Nineteen Eighty-Four” that widened ...
It’s the end of the world as we know it. Or is it? - Adrian Saville
We think we live in a world of risk but in fact we live in a world of uncertainty. Risk has probabilities – flip a coin and ...
The Independent28d
The end of the world as we know it? Theorist warns humanity is teetering between collapse and advancement
We’ll have to wait and see if any other Hollywood-esque research predicting the end of the world from AI systems occurs.
The New Yorker9d
Lessons for the End of the World
And, of course, escapism is a supply-and-demand business. As the world requires more of the people in it, it also offers more ...
Why Do Writers Write About the End of the World?
Author Dorian Lynskey explores why writers have long imagined and written about the end of the world (and why readers come ...
Daily Mail25d
CIA declassifies book detailing how the world will end
A book classified by the CIA for more than 50 years contains a shocking theory about how the world will end. 'The Adam and Eve Story,' written by former US Air Force employee, UFO researcher ...
Wall Street Journal18d
‘Everything Must Go’ Review: It’s the End of the World, Again
The end of the world, it’s no surprise, has been a longstanding obsession. Mr. Lynskey’s book “The Ministry of Truth” (2019) was an examination of George Orwell’s “Nineteen Eighty ...