Why We Secretly Want the World to End

We're kind of obsessed with the end of the world. But why?

Let's investigate the apocalypse, and see what we can learn about ourselves, the world, and the power of hope.

00:00 - Intro
05:36 - Defining the Apocalypse
11:01 - The Myth of Apocalyptic Thinking
17:34 - The Myth of Preppers
24:30 - The Myth of Human Nature
37:22 - The Other Myth
44:04 - Three Ways to Change the World
58:29 - Conclusion
01:01:38 - Outro & Poem

Human Restoration Project Resources:
------ Website: https://www.humanrestorationproject.org/
------ Conference Site: https://www.humanrestorationproject.org/conference
------ Educational Resources: https://www.humanrestorationproject.org/resources
------ YouTube Channel (@HumanRestorationProject ): https://www.youtube.com/@HumanRestorationProject

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SOURCES:
------ #doomsdayprepper: Analysing the online prepper community on Instagram1, by Burgert Senekal in journal for cultural studies
------ “The Optimism of Uncertainty” by Howard Zinn
------ A Paradise Built in Hell, by Rebecca Solnit
------ Apocalypse and Heroism in Popular Culture, by Katherine E. Sugg
------ Apocalypse and Post-Politics, by Mary Manjikian
------ Apocalypse Man, by Casey Ryan Kelly
------ Bracing for the Apocalypse, by Anna Maria Bounds
------ Dancing at Armageddon: Survivalism and Chaos in Modern Times, by Richard G. Mitchell Jr.
------ “Elites and Panic: More to Fear than Fear Itself”, by Lee Clarke and Caron Chess
------ Hope in the Dark: Untold Histories, Wild Possibilities, by Rebecca Solnit
------ “Hopeful Dystopias? Figures of Hope in the Brazilian Science Fiction Series 3%” by Michael Godhe in Routledge Guide to Dystopias in Popular Culture
------ “How to survive the end of the future: Preppers, pathology, and the everyday crisis of insecurity”, by Kezia Barker, in the TIBG
------ Humankind: A Hopeful History, by Rutger Bregman
------ Imaginable: How to see the future coming and feel ready for anything–even things that seem impossible today, by Jane McGonigal
------ Interview with Béla Tarr, Cineuropa
------ “Liberal Prepping as Apocalyptic Eco-Religion” by Juli Gittinger, in The Journal of Religion and Popular Culture
------ Life After Doomsday, by Bruce D. Clayton
------ “Making the End Times Great Again” by Carlen Lavigne in The Routledge Companion to Gender and Science Fiction
------ “Obamageddon: Fear, the Far Right, and the Rise of “Doomsday” Prepping in Obama’s America” by Michael F. Mills in Journal of American Studies
------ “Panic: myth or reality?” by Lee Clarke
------ Preparedness Now! An Emergency Survival Guide by Aton Edwards
------ Survival of the Richest, by Douglas Rushkoff
------ Team Human, by Douglas Rushkoff
------ Terrorism and Disaster: New Threats, New Ideas, ed. Lee Clarke
------ The America Syndrome: Apocalypse, War, and Our Call to Greatness, by Betsy Hartman
------ The Ends of the World, by Déborah Danowski and Eduardo Viveiros de Castro
------ The Last Myth: What The Rise of Apocalyptic Thinking Tells Us About America, by Mathew Barrett Gross and Mel Gilles
------ The Ultimate Suburban Survivalist Guide, by Sean Brodrick
------ The Unreality of Memory, by Elisa Gabbert
------ The Wall Street Journal Guide to Investing in the Apocalypse: Make Money by Seeing Opportunity Where Others See Peril, by James Altucher & Douglas R. Sease
------ We Survived the End of the World: Lessons from Native America on Apocalypse and Hope, by Steven Charleston
------ Who Would You Kill to Save the World? by Claire Colebrook
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