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New Article: The Lifecycle of an Apocalypse

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Since World War I, our society has been convinced that civilization is on the brink of technological apocalypse. The specific technology changes, but the underlying belief has stayed the same.

The Lifecycle of an Apocalypse Since World War I, our society has been convinced that civilization is on the brink of technological apocalypse. The specific technology changes, but the underlying belief has stayed the same. Apr 22, 2026 57 10 Share Mauro Romero/A close up of a yellow object on a table This article by Ben Landau-Taylor was published on Palladium Magazine on April 22, 2026. For as long as any of us have been alive, we have seen an ever-changing series of popular predictions for how industrial technology is about to destroy civilization. Nuclear war was supposed to kill everyone,

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