The Sky Is Falling? Oooh, Pretty.

摘要

FROM PANORAMIC photos of nature's wrath to fictional Mayan prophesies starring John Cusack, our lust for devastation is insatiable. The aphrodisia of atrophy is centuries old, ubiquitous, and infinitely potent. The Germans even coined one of those compound words for it: ruinenlust. And it can be big business. Here is a historical tour of our obsession.