I will never understand this obsession with fear porn over things that we couldn't possibly hope to control. It must be some Boomer holdover: people brought up to believe that there is no aspect of reality beyond the influence of human science are apparently very easy to galvanize. Everything that happens in the universe is potentially the End Of The World and we have to change everything about the way we live our lives in order to do something about it!
I will never understand this obsession with fear porn over things that we couldn't possibly hope to control. It must be some Boomer holdover: people brought up to believe that there is no aspect of reality beyond the influence of human science are apparently very easy to galvanize. Everything that happens in the universe is potentially the End Of The World and we have to change everything about the way we live our lives in order to do something about it!
Mix in a cultural loss of Christian faith (where the Lord does control reality) and I think you're on to something.