This is a grift as old as time, promise salvation tomorrow to all those that worship today. Tomorrow is only ever a day away, and really isn't the worship and c

This is a grift as old as time, promise salvation tomorrow to all those that worship today. Tomorrow is only ever a day away, and really isn't the worship and community great anyways? The doomsday cult and spiritual guru model of community-building fits right into the Silicon Valley culture of techno-optimism alongside the "if you believe it, you can achieve it" New Age mantras and "fake it till you make it, it's not fraud if you believe it" naivete. The only thing more upsetting that watching it happen is knowing how it will likely unravel, with everyone pointing fingers and rushing to find a conspiracy theory to explain why "the powers that be" targeted them for destruction because they were so threatened and were afraid of the power they were losing to the Bored Ape movement, or whatever it is.