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A Point of View: The recurrent dream of an end-time

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The recurrent dream of an end-time

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John Gray ponders why the belief that an end to history is imminent, never goes away.

“Whatever humans do, the world is not going to end”, writes John Gray. “Humankind cannot destroy the planet any more than it can save it”. 

John Gray ponders why the belief that the human world can be completely and suddenly transformed, never really goes away. 

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