Will our collective end be just a ‘whimper?’

Will our collective end be just a ‘whimper?’

MARK PAVILONS T.S. Eliot once predicted that the world will end with a whimper, not a bang; that society will quietly, pathetically fade into nothingness.Now, his bleak 1925 poem was a commentary on the world’s post-war despair and cultural collapse. But that’s not true today is it?According to online sources, some say we are experiencing severe systemic poly-crises – climate change, economic inequality, housing shortage and more. This can be de…

Will our collective end be just a “whimper?”

by Mark Pavilons T.S. Eliot once predicted that the world will end with a whimper, not a bang; that society will quietly, pathetically fade into nothingness. Now, his bleak 1925 poem was a commentary on the world’s post-war despair and cultural collapse. But that’s not true today is it? Some say we are experiencing severe systemic poly-crises – climate change, economic inequality, housing shortage and more. This can be described as a “widespread…