Notes to my SciFi Lit Class
Armageddon Don't Impress Me Much!
Why are we so willing to accept, even embrace, the notion of apocalypse, Armageddon or the end of days? What is this morbid curiosity with the end of our existence?
Certainly extinction has become commonplace and we all have become desensitized to some degree. Is it the biblical tales of a world washed clean in a great flood? It is because we have just escaped the bloodiest century in human endeavor and we are finally confident of our ability to thoroughly eradicate ourselves?
Is it example after example of great civilizations, the Mayans, Romans, Egyptians, rising then falling? Are empires, even those in a galaxy, far, far away, as predictable as the tides? Philosopher George Santayana said, "Those who cannot learn from history are doomed to repeat it." Now I ask you, despite all our history lessons, are we still doomed?
Why are we so willing to accept, even embrace, the notion of apocalypse, Armageddon or the end of days? What is this morbid curiosity with the end of our existence?
Certainly extinction has become commonplace and we all have become desensitized to some degree. Is it the biblical tales of a world washed clean in a great flood? It is because we have just escaped the bloodiest century in human endeavor and we are finally confident of our ability to thoroughly eradicate ourselves?
Is it example after example of great civilizations, the Mayans, Romans, Egyptians, rising then falling? Are empires, even those in a galaxy, far, far away, as predictable as the tides? Philosopher George Santayana said, "Those who cannot learn from history are doomed to repeat it." Now I ask you, despite all our history lessons, are we still doomed?
posted by Mr.Jack @ 5:03 PM
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