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How widespread is this fatalistic, unwavering belief in "the event"?

8jef 4y ago
How widespread are totally disconnected self-infatuated control freaks fearful of losing everything?
FooBarBizBazz 4y ago
To me, it has felt that a vague apocalyptic feeling, or at least a millenarian one, has seemed to be everywhere, not just among the super-rich. It has right- and left- variants. Mostly it leans right. The climate versions lean "left", though honestly I think the interest comes from more center-left/Davos places than from far-left/purple-haired places. Which means that, as a grassroots thing, it's more "right-wing". (There's some interesting crossover in the vaguely hippy / Peak Oil / Stewart Brand / permie space, though this skews older.) But is this feeling growing or shrinking? "SHTF" peaked in 2012: https://trends.google.com/trends/explore?date=all&geo=US&q=SHTF https://trends.google.com/trends/explore?date=all&geo=US&q=S... Prior to COVID, "prepping" peaked in 2017, before seeing renewed interest, spiking in 2020, though we're now back down to 2015 levels in the psychologically-"post-COVID" era. https://trends.google.com/trends/explore?date=all&geo=US&q=prepping https://trends.google.com/trends/explore?date=all&geo=US&q=p... "Peak oil" has been going down since 2005: https://trends.google.com/trends/explore?date=all&geo=US&q=peak%20oil https://trends.google.com/trends/explore?date=all&geo=US&q=p... "Doomer" peaked in 2020 and is trending down: https://trends.google.com/trends/explore?date=all&geo=US&q=doomer https://trends.google.com/trends/explore?date=all&geo=US&q=d... "Recession" is tricky. It's actually down, though trending up with the rate increases: https://trends.google.com/trends/explore?date=all&geo=US&q=recession https://trends.google.com/trends/explore?date=all&geo=US&q=r... The "firearms" topic is pretty flat: https://trends.google.com/trends/explore?date=all&geo=US&q=%2Fm%2F034qg https://trends.google.com/trends/explore?date=all&geo=US&q=%... "Bunker" spiked in 2020. That spike is now over, though the baseline has been trending up: https://trends.google.com/trends/explore?date=all&geo=US&q=%2Fm%2F0mys3 https://trends.google.com/trends/explore?date=all&geo=US&q=%... "Climate change" is apparently a somewhat passe topic (who knew?), peaking in 2007 (that actually isn't great; it means people got tired of it before anything was done): https://trends.google.com/trends/explore?date=all&geo=US&q=%2Fm%2F0d063v https://trends.google.com/trends/explore?date=all&geo=US&q=%... Weirdly, "inflation" only started to really see interest last year: https://trends.google.com/trends/explore?date=all&geo=US&q=%2Fm%2F09jx2 https://trends.google.com/trends/explore?date=all&geo=US&q=%... So the general population might not actually be as worried as particular corners of the internet are...
jollofricepeas 4y ago
“The Event” is no more than a natural part of the human psyche formed by our understanding of the life-to-death cycle we see in nature. It’s as old as the earliest creation myth and if real will be something that very few of us will experience and be able to prevent. Reason: The chances of us becoming technologically advanced and emotionally mature enough to prevent a large asteroid from hitting our planet or escaping our solar system to live in space or find another habitable planet are slim to none.

8jef 4y ago

How widespread are totally disconnected self-infatuated control freaks fearful of losing everything?

To me, it has felt that a vague apocalyptic feeling, or at least a millenarian one, has seemed to be everywhere, not just among the super-rich. It has right- and left- variants. Mostly it leans right. The climate versions lean "left", though honestly I think the interest comes from more center-left/Davos places than from far-left/purple-haired places. Which means that, as a grassroots thing, it's more "right-wing". (There's some interesting crossover in the vaguely hippy / Peak Oil / Stewart Brand / permie space, though this skews older.) But is this feeling growing or shrinking? "SHTF" peaked in 2012: https://trends.google.com/trends/explore?date=all&geo=US&q=SHTF https://trends.google.com/trends/explore?date=all&geo=US&q=S... Prior to COVID, "prepping" peaked in 2017, before seeing renewed interest, spiking in 2020, though we're now back down to 2015 levels in the psychologically-"post-COVID" era. https://trends.google.com/trends/explore?date=all&geo=US&q=prepping https://trends.google.com/trends/explore?date=all&geo=US&q=p... "Peak oil" has been going down since 2005: https://trends.google.com/trends/explore?date=all&geo=US&q=peak%20oil https://trends.google.com/trends/explore?date=all&geo=US&q=p... "Doomer" peaked in 2020 and is trending down: https://trends.google.com/trends/explore?date=all&geo=US&q=doomer https://trends.google.com/trends/explore?date=all&geo=US&q=d... "Recession" is tricky. It's actually down, though trending up with the rate increases: https://trends.google.com/trends/explore?date=all&geo=US&q=recession https://trends.google.com/trends/explore?date=all&geo=US&q=r... The "firearms" topic is pretty flat: https://trends.google.com/trends/explore?date=all&geo=US&q=%2Fm%2F034qg https://trends.google.com/trends/explore?date=all&geo=US&q=%... "Bunker" spiked in 2020. That spike is now over, though the baseline has been trending up: https://trends.google.com/trends/explore?date=all&geo=US&q=%2Fm%2F0mys3 https://trends.google.com/trends/explore?date=all&geo=US&q=%... "Climate change" is apparently a somewhat passe topic (who knew?), peaking in 2007 (that actually isn't great; it means people got tired of it before anything was done): https://trends.google.com/trends/explore?date=all&geo=US&q=%2Fm%2F0d063v https://trends.google.com/trends/explore?date=all&geo=US&q=%... Weirdly, "inflation" only started to really see interest last year: https://trends.google.com/trends/explore?date=all&geo=US&q=%2Fm%2F09jx2 https://trends.google.com/trends/explore?date=all&geo=US&q=%... So the general population might not actually be as worried as particular corners of the internet are...

jollofricepeas 4y ago

“The Event” is no more than a natural part of the human psyche formed by our understanding of the life-to-death cycle we see in nature. It’s as old as the earliest creation myth and if real will be something that very few of us will experience and be able to prevent. Reason: The chances of us becoming technologically advanced and emotionally mature enough to prevent a large asteroid from hitting our planet or escaping our solar system to live in space or find another habitable planet are slim to none.