Blogger and author Lisa DeLay was kind enough to feature me (along with my new book, Pocket Guide to 2012) in her Ninja Interview video series. She’s breaking it into two parts, but in the first one I get to talk about the new book, the victims of failed doomsday predictions, and why I think our culture is so primed right now to freak out about apocalypse.
Also, you can see my bedroom behind me.
Thanks for the interview, Lisa!
As I continue to get the word out about my new book, I’ve got a piece in the Huffington Post today about the 2012 doomsday phenomenon. A sample:
Yes, there is such a thing as the Mesoamerican Long Count Calendar, as mentioned in the movie. And yes, it does come to an end on the Winter Solstice of this year — Dec. 21, 2012. Just like your desk calendar came to an end on Dec. 31, 2011. And just like your car’s odometer will “come to an end” should you drive it all the way to 99,999.9 miles.
Only you know as well as I do that calendars and odometers don’t “end.” They reset and start over. Your car doesn’t implode when the odometer resets. Time didn’t end when the ball dropped on New Year’s Eve. Numbers change, totals reset to zero, and we keep counting.
