The End Is At Hand

Apocalypse, maybe? No one wants to be the middle child of history. Thinking about surviving the apocalypse feels significant, like we’re part of the eternal cosmos, instead of just another organism passing along an infinite timeline. We all want to experience something remarkable in our lifetimes…even if that something results in our own demise.

The End is at Hand is a collection of short essays about how people throughout history believe the world could end. The book explores how it has all...