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But these hysterical times may be the exception that proves that rule. This time, we ''do'' know it is coming. It ''does'' fashion our behaviour: no-one with a functioning cerebellum has any doubt ''we are in [[End of days|the end of days]]'', and is therefore making what hay can be made before the remaining sunlight blooms into ''supernova''. | But these hysterical times may be the exception that proves that rule. This time, we ''do'' know it is coming. It ''does'' fashion our behaviour: no-one with a functioning cerebellum has any doubt ''we are in [[End of days|the end of days]]'', and is therefore making what hay can be made before the remaining sunlight blooms into ''supernova''. | ||
There is nothing to be done: our faith in experts is gone. Our [[Blockchain as a service|trust in institutions]] is gone. Our belief in principles is gone. Our hope for the future is gone. No-one understands, or believes, ''anything'' any more.<ref>© Adam Curtis constantly between 1995 and 2021.</ref> | There is nothing to be done: our faith in experts is gone. Our [[Blockchain as a service|trust in institutions]] is gone. Our belief in principles is gone. Our hope for the future is gone. No-one understands, or believes, ''anything'' any more.<ref>© Adam Curtis, constantly, between 1995 and 2021.</ref> | ||
All that remains is our unshakeable collective conviction ''in a total lack of conviction''. This is what now to spurs us all on: the magnetic horror of being pulled by 9our fascination towards a certain, yet unknown black doom behind a door that is yet slightly ajar. We are like freshly-infected plague victims, just awaiting the onset of symptoms, and acting out a ''danse macabre'' while there is still time: a desperate, decadent, demented tarantella, because we are ''so fucked'' we might as well roll the wheel of fortune with whatever is left in our pocket — because — ''why not''? | All that remains is our unshakeable collective conviction ''in a total lack of conviction''. This is what now to spurs us all on: the magnetic horror of being pulled by 9our fascination towards a certain, yet unknown black doom behind a door that is yet slightly ajar. We are like freshly-infected plague victims, just awaiting the onset of symptoms, and acting out a ''danse macabre'' while there is still time: a desperate, decadent, demented tarantella, because we are ''so fucked'' we might as well roll the wheel of fortune with whatever is left in our pocket — because — ''why not''? | ||
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*[[Bitcoin]] | *[[Bitcoin]] | ||
*[[Global financial crisis]] | *[[Global financial crisis]] | ||
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