From Wired, Scott Brown on why the Doomsday Clock needs to be abolished; if we’ve learned anything from Hollywood, it’s that the world will end in spectacular fashion — thankfully, it also schooled us on how to survive; you need the right reference books if you’re going to live to see the sun again; a look at the best vehicles for navigating the Apocalypse; and here are seven signs that Judgment Day is nigh. Dystopias are the hot, newish trend in the teen world; they've become so popular they're bumping vampires down a few notches in the bestseller lists — but are they just a passing fad? A review of Empires of Food: Feast, Famine and the Rise and Fall of Civilizations by Andrew Rimas and Evan DG Fraser. Colin Long on how utopianism could fix politics. An interview with Robert Jensen on the threat of environmental catastrophe. An interview with Slavoj Zizek: Wake up and smell the apocalypse. A review of From Utopia to Apocalypse: Science Fiction and the Politics of Catastrophe by Peter Y. Paik. When will we face the planet's environmental problems? Failure to act on threats to global sustainability brings the world closer to disaster. No More Arcs: Is the West officially over? Why our agricultural empire will fall: An expert tells us how our food system is repeating the history of doomed civilizations. Heading for a world Apocalypse: Conditions that could lead to a planetary apocalypse are developing in many categories.
