Interview 15

Joe C.
Age:23
Occupation: Student
Education Level: Bachelors Degree
Religious affiliation:

KM: How do you envision the end of the world?
JC: I'm not exactly sure. Most likely I think it will the sun explodes, the whole supernova thing, destroying the entire solar system along with it. I also kind of have a feeling that life is a process of destroying the planet, and somehow life will destroy the planet, using up all of our resources.
KM: Brought on by humans?
JC: Maybe human, further evolution of humans or some other animal. I don't think its going to happen any time soon.
KM: You're not worried in any way then?
JC: No, no. Humans are resilient and life is resilient.
KM: So it would be safe to assume that you aren't building a bunker for 2012?
JC: No nothing like that. I think the whole 2012 thing is silly.
KM: Silly how?
JC: It's just the end of the Myan calendar. I read an article in The Onion that was pretty good that said that the Myan's actually predicted a cataclysmically bad movie about 2012, called 2012.
KM: Indeed! When you say that the sun will burn out, do you think that this is something that will happen in your lifetime?
JC: No, it will be a long time from now.
KM: What do you make of the recent natural disasters that have happened? Most recently Japan, last year it was Haiti.
JC: They are coincidence.
KM: What about the political movements and political unrest that has been happening?
JC: Um, no. The political movements will be a better thing for the world. Hopefully a new form of government will come from it. One that maybe the United States could adopt. Not completely new, but a tweak on democracy. Something different, a modification. I don't think that the political fights in the United States would bring about the end of the U.S. either. The economy will get better, people will always find something to fight about.
KM: So if it wasn't the government's budget it would be something else? The fight is always there?
JC: Yes definitely. And the republican party could die if they select the wrong candidates.
KM: Which probably wouldn't be the end of the world.
JC: No, that would definitely be a good thing.