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Apocaloptimist, part 2

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Michael Hooten
Apr 04, 2023
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MidJourney art generated with the prompt flowers in the ruins

In my last post, I talked about why I don’t believe dystopian literature is a good representation of what might happen if the world goes to hell. This time I’d like to expand on that a little.

First of all, the caveat: if the bomb drops, or the zombies take over, or the sun shoots out a flare t…

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