August 25, 2010 | 40 comments
Death to Humans! Visions of the Apocalypse in Movies and Literature
Scientific American - August 2010
A list of some of our favorite dystopian views of human society facing extinction By The Editors
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All things must come to an end, but we humans have an endless fascination with the inevitable. Our September 2010 special issue and our web exclusives explore some of those endings. Writers and filmmakers, of course, have been tackling apocalyptic themes for decades, at times using them to highlight emotional aspects of sacrifice, heroism and dedication, to varying degrees of success.
The staff at Scientific American came up with a list of movies and books that show what human civilization would be like if it got short circuited by some sort of catastrophe.
See full text: http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=death-to-humans&sc=CAT_EVO_20100830
Death to Humans! Visions of the Apocalypse in Movies and Literature
Scientific American - August 2010
A list of some of our favorite dystopian views of human society facing extinction By The Editors
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The staff at Scientific American came up with a list of movies and books that show what human civilization would be like if it got short circuited by some sort of catastrophe.
See full text: http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=death-to-humans&sc=CAT_EVO_20100830