So today was Doomsday right? I'm sure those nuts selling Doomsday survival pods in China and building steel fortified arks are feeling a little silly for quitting their jobs and spending their life savings on something so pointless. I will be the first to admit that I am easily worried, but even I wasn't buying the whole "end of the world" hype.
Since I had first heard about it in my Anthro 282: Rise of Civilizations class first year of college, I knew that the Mayan calendar didn't stop of December 21, 2012 because the world ended but because the calendar simply ran out. Think about it: the Mayans were pretty busying having their way of life and their whole civilization decimated by Spanish explorers, chances are they didn't have time to update things. And I realize that Mayan writings have indicated an advanced understanding of astronomy and other scientific phenomena, but seriously, no one can predict the future.
As my friend, a Latin American studies major, and
this article cleverly point out, the calendar doesn't indicate an apocalypse but merely that there will be a change. Isn't this what we go through at the end of each year with our New Years Resolutions? I think it's going to be a good change (I say it at the beginning of every year "oh this is going to be my year" but considering all of the awesome changes that I've gone through in the last few months I actually believe it this time).
p.s. Ironically, I realized that not even a week ago I watched Melancholia, the movie with Kirsten Dunst about the end of the world. Today depressing (herp derp it's called Melancholia silly) but hey, if it really is the end of the world, at least I won't have to pay back my student loans :)
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