Actually the 2012 is not always discussed as the end of the world. If you look at the article it also proposes the possibility of a major change in society. The

Actually the 2012 is not always discussed as the end of the world. If you look at the article it also proposes the possibility of a major change in society. The completion of cycle in the mayan calendar, I think, indicates just that. End of the cycle of one society. My bet, maybe robots will do all our work and we would become all spiritual, some people may say the time frame is too short for this but it doesn't have to be abrupt. 2012 may mark the start in some way. May be the first positronic brain will be completed on that day. sigh... hopes