"The Dancers at the End of Time"

"The Dancers at the End of Time" science fiction trilogy by Michael Moorcock depicts a decaying far, far future society, a time when anything and everything is possible, where words like 'conscience' and 'morality' are meaningless and all that's left is seeking pleasure. I often think of that title when I hear the news these days. The memory of this novel is often coupled, in my mind, with the memory of a climate-change commercial that I saw years ago: It's in a city with high-rises and traffic signs and people playing basketball and badminton - waist deep in flood water.

Listening to the news these days brings these memories back as I watch our politicians making their election promises of 'economic growth' and paying lip service to 'fight' against climate change, setting ambitious targets for 2050 - like anyone ever believed in long term planning. In the meantime, we are all dancing, not realizing that we are doing it at the End of Time.