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Our long obsession with the end of the world

Human history is riddled with apocalyptic visions – Dorian Lynskey explores what our terror of the future reveals about our past

• Matt Elton

Published: July 29, 2024 at 7:00 AM

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From asteroids, bacteria and comets to growing fears about artificial intelligence and climate change, human history has long been stalked by a terror of the end of days. But what do these fears tell us about the past? And can that past help us prepare for an uncertain future? Dorian Lynskey spoke to Matt Elton about the long history of apocalyptic thought.

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Dorian Lynskey is the author of Everything Must Go: The Stories We Tell About The End of the World (Picador, 2024).

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Matt EltonPodcast editor

Matt Elton is the podcast editor at HistoryExtra

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