Everywhere you tune into the news these days, you see or hear or read more and more hype about how bad things are. No matter what it is, the problem is the worst there is and MUST BE SOLVED NOW. Of course, this gets viewers for TV and votes in politics. However, it is getting out of control and the spin is insane. So in honor of the out of control hype, I am starting an ongoing series of posts (inspired by Patterico) pointing out the END OF THE WORLD ….. (not really) stuff that pops up.
When I started today, I planned on starting this series talking about the Swine Flu hysteria that is spiraling up as flu season approaches. The endless press releases on the flu, to Elmo, everyone is acting like this is the coming plague. I have yet to be sold. However, I saw something today that illustrated everything that I am thinking about the over the top things going on out there.
The UN has a Doomsday Vault for seeds. Yes, that is right. The UN has a Doomsday Vault for SEEDS. According to Ban Ki-moon, “The world faces many daunting challenges today, one of the greatest of which is how to feed a growing population in the context of climate change”. So climate change is so bad that we have to build a climate controlled bunker with airlocks to save the planet? Somehow I don’t think we are quite at the building an ark stage, and yet the people putting this story out there see it as accepted. We have a long way to go but I don’t think we are doomed yet. Even though the powers that be seem to want us to think the apocalypse is coming, soon.
- FOP Vermillion