Dead Again

(When Acronyms Roamed the Earth)

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Folks, I’m afraid I have some bad news. Mankind is barreling along towards certain extinction.

Again.

Actually, this will be the sixth extinction. The sixth. Earth, it seems, is too stubborn to stay dead. Maybe that’s what’s behind our recent fascination with zombies.

And it’s been a while since we had one — dinosaurs were the fifth extinction. (You remember dinosaurs – those great big lizards who all died one Thursday because when they went outsid...