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Internet fuels doomsday fears amid nuclear, AI, and financial collapse anxieties

Social media amplifies doomsday predictions, drives prepping purchases

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Axios reports that online chatter about nuclear war, AI takeover, and financial collapse is spreading virally across social media, convincing people to stockpile supplies. Michael Mills, a University of Kent researcher who has studied doomsday prepping for over a decade, attributes modern doomsday fears to an overall reaction to uncertainty.

“It's an overall reaction to uncertainty in most cases.”

Michael Mills

Michael Mills Doomsday prepping researcher

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  1. 2 outlets The internet's latest obsession: The end of the world

    first by Mastodon, 10d ago · also Axios

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