Is the World Ending or Are We Just Online?

Are we living through the end times or the best moment in human history? Novelist and internet veteran Jason Pargin argues you have spent your life inside a “literal reverse apocalypse” — and if you don’t see it, he knows who to blame. Ben Bradford talks with Pargin about doom-scrolling, child mortality, processed donuts, murderous Toyota drivers, and how humanity’s greatest problems may be side effects of its greatest successes. So how do we tell if the world is really ending — or if the internet has trapped us inside a giant doom machine? Guest: Jason Pargin, author of I’m Starting to Worry About this Black Box of Doom, TikTok: @jasonkpargin Thanks to Annie Russell for contributing editing to this episode. Support Are We Doomed?, get bonus episodes, and more: https://doompod.com/support/ Watch earlier episodes on Youtube! https://www.youtube.com/@arewedoomedpod Earlier episodes mentioned: Are We Going the Way of the Roman Empire? Past Dooms That Didn't Arrive