Why We Secretly Want An Apocalypse

Following on from my last couple of Apocalyptic posts I started to ask myself whether our obsession with the end of the world goes even further than the fact that it highlights and personifies dangers in the world around us.

I found myself coming to the conclusion that it is just possible that part of our fascination is tied up with a secret desire for it to happen. Yes, this kind of sounds crazy – who wants to be thrown back to a pre-Industrialised age, overrun with zombies, triffids, aliens,...