COUNTDOWN TO DETONATION
Eons ago was the age of giant, majestic beings called dinosaurs. They roamed the earth in its breadth and wildness. We have seen their remains, so we cannot deny that they have once existed. Theories of their extinction have been postulated, most notable of them being the giant meteor that slammed the earth thousands of millennia ago causing such apocalyptic change in the earth’s climate as to wipe out the dinosaurs and their cousins. We know that entire races of humanity have been wiped out. We also know that the world will inevitably come to an end. What we have failed to realize is that before the end finally comes, things can get a lot worse. Living can become unbearable, and there may come a time when the people alive will envy those in the graves. Indeed today is not the age of dinosaurs, and there is no imminent threat of a meteor slamming into earth. But what is imminent and dangerous, and boasts an existential threat on par with the meteor of the dinosaur age is global...