I started playing with this idea a few months ago. I let it die, I only made one post. I’m taking up interest again. (I do not agree with 2012 by the way. At all.)
Would you read this…? :
So I have a silly little obsession of thinking about the end of the world. It might be a bit unhealthy: picturing the death of many of my loved ones, the end of society as we know it, no more technology, etc. But it must be thought about. You can’t ignore the end, it’s inevitable. Eventually every society falls. You cannot keep a tower of cards standing forever. An outside force might bring it tumbling down. An internal, structural problem like one card placed incorrectly might spell the end of a high tower. The end will come. So why not ponder?
Would it be something political like wars, caused by our own faults?
Or is our end a force out of our control?
In each scenario how would we pick up the pieces?
Or would we crumble after having everything that was known taken away?
Our end will come. Collectively as a society. The walls that are around you will fall. The technology that is allowing you to read this will be lost. The world will be a different place. When that happens if there are any survivors of humanity they can chose to fight for themselves or unite to pick up the pieces. If we start thinking about the end now we can think about what is really necessary. It makes you think how attached you are to the conveniences of modern day life. The Starbucks down the road in ruins would mean no more Double Shot Mocha, no cell phone towers would mean no more texting, less people on the earth might mean less goverment control so there would be anarchy.
But the end of the world doesn’t have to be depressing. You can think of it as a new beginning. What if you didn’t have to be burdened by things like the stock markets, the threat of your life being plastered all over the internet, and children being influenced by the media. It’d be a clean slate for humanity as a whole to begin anew.
I like thinking of the chance to start fresh, to build society again with no ties to the past. This blog will explore what the end of society really means and how it can be a positive experience, though it isn’t easy. It will follow characters as they know the end is coming, scientists have announced the asteroid Apophis will hit Earth in 2029. The determination was made 10 years prior and announced two years later after much debate by world leaders. There was panic, mass suicide, people dealt with it in different ways. People began to build shelters, underneath the ground in preparation. Governments encouraged people to take steps to save themselves as it could not save everyone.
Governments fell apart though as people panicked. People began working on instincts. Countries collapsed. Anarchy become the norm.
Then Apophis hit.
The Line Up:
Alexander Cooper was voted president of the United States in 2020, one year after the discovery was made. He was chased out of office in 2026 when the United States collapsed because of anarchy. The White House was burned. Control was lost.
Amanda Pierce was 14 years old at the announcement in 2021. Her parents told her that the little life she had left was hers. She joined the new youth culture. She had a baby, Hope, in 2025, changing her views.
James and Laura Clark were celebrating their 20th year anniversary the day of the announcement. They have a 13, 10, and 5 year old. They moved the family away from their coastal community and to a community preparing for the impact.
Jack Nilson was raised in poverty, homeless at the announcement date. As anarchy began to become commonplace his attitude and practices were accepted. He knowledge lead to him becoming leader of a gang that started in L.A. and migrates around trading with other groups.
More characters might join in, this is just the current line up. More posts later.
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A Nonny Mouse 19th March 2010
I’d love to read this! Sounds fascinating!
michelle 19th March 2010
Sounds definitely interesting! If you consider how well other end of the world things have gone, the idea for that kind of blog might be successful.
If you ever launch it, PLEASE LET ME KNOW as I would love to follow your blog~
Dana1981, Putz of Science 19th March 2010
yea. Good idea.