When the chasm between hope and despair is far too wide, we make it worse. We act as though the world will end, by our own hand or refusal to act. We've become the curse. The world might be in grave danger, or we've been told lies that enhance any risk we might face. We listen to many different voices. They change our minds and affect our choices.
We may be the cause of the end of the world. Or the end of the world is a natural event, perhaps a recurring theme of catastrophe. We face what other societies and civilizations have faced, but they responded with vigor. In our case we believe the hubris, and have already embraced our fate.
“This is the way the world ends
Not with a bang but a whimper.”
T.S. Eliot
