
Episode 70 - Pop Culture & Collapse (Interview with The Pop Mythologist)
Breaking Down: Collapse
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Pop Culture and Collapse
Daniel: Pop culture is not only mainstream, it's mega huge. In fact, that's almost like a modern day alternative religion. So you can reach a lot of people you otherwise wouldn't be able to reach just by talking about collapse itself. I think these works of fiction really help to allow us to open up our understanding and see what the potential futures could be. If we don't make this material fun, if we don't get them interested, then they'll go elsewhere for something else. And so there's a psychological reason why corporations need to engage in interesting ways with some sort of distraction.
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