Well, actually, if you think about it, the world already ended -- if you look at the shift from the agrarian society that humans were in from the beginning of time until the 19th century, and compare that to the 20th, everything familiar changed -- monarchies were replaced by democracies, empires fell, industrialism rose, women realized increased equality. In many ways, humanity has become united like we never were before -- we know about the most remote tribes and are able to communicate with them. I think we're in a period of birthing which is why it's all so painful. The average 10 year old today may have more awareness of the world than the average adult in the 19th century.

We're shedding old ways of being for new ones.