Screenage apocalypse just a load of hype

I'm trying to get anyone who bites to bet the world will end in 2012. I haven't had many takers, I confess, as even those who do believe we are about to dissolve in a solar flare on Dec 21 are not keen on putting down their money. I should have capitalized on the apocalyptic movie, 2012, which was a hit in China last year.

It seems to me that each generation thinks of itself as The It generation and requires its own end-of-times mythology, rather than accepting the more likely conclusion that we are just biological data drifting with the currents of time into eternity.

To believe we are living in a unique period and on the edge of history is essentially an egocentric way of looking at life, meaning just because I exist it doesn't mean to say everything exists for me. This is the sort of mistake both children and adults make and is part of the reason why each generation feels the need to define the one that follows in comparison to itself.