The Mayan calendar, the end of the world and you
Underground bunkers. Food stockpiles. Suicide pacts.
All of these are coming into play as people interpret the infamous “Mayan calendar” to mean that the world will end on December 21. According to a Reuters survey of 16,000 people in 21 countries, at least 10 percent of the population is genuinely concerned that we’ll all be annihilated on that date.
Yes, one in 10 people are really agitated by all the books, documentaries and bumper stickers (“How’s my driving — as I dodge lava, meteors and stampeding wildlife?”)