Now a New York Times Bestseller. The creator of the wildly popular
award-winning podcast Hardcore History looks at some of the
apocalyptic moments from the past as a way to frame the challenges
of the future. Do tough times create tougher people? Can humanity
handle the power of its weapons without destroying itself? Will
human technology or capabilities ever peak or regress? No one knows
the answers to such questions, but no one asks them in a more
interesting way than Dan Carlin. In The End is Always Near, Dan
Carlin looks at questions and historical events that force us to
consider what sounds like fantasy; that we might suffer the same
fate that all previous eras did. Will our world ever become a ruin
for future archaeologists to dig up and explore? The questions
themselves are both philosophical and like something out of The
Twilight Zone. Combining his trademark mix of storytelling, history
and weirdness Dan Carlin connects the past and future in
fascinating and colorful ways. At the same time the questions he
asks us to consider involve the most important issue imaginable:
human survival. From the collapse of the Bronze Age to the
challenges of the nuclear era the issue has hung over humanity like
a persistent Sword of Damocles. Inspired by his podcast, The End is
Always Near challenges the way we look at the past and ourselves.
In this absorbing compendium, Carlin embarks on a whole new set of
stories and major cliffhangers that will keep readers enthralled.
Idiosyncratic and erudite, offbeat yet profound, The End is Always
Near examines issues that are rarely presented, and makes the past
immediately relevant to our very turbulent present.
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