So the zombie apocalypse has captured the hearts and minds of many of us throughout the world. The usual explanations include ideas such as our desire to show that we are up to the ultimate challenge, able to escape this fearsome threat. That fits with the reality TV of our time. Alternative explanations:
1) We desperately crave a simpler lifestyle. On some level, we want the power to go out. We want the very electronics that define our daily lives to cease to function.
2) We figure it’s time to cull the herd anyway.
3) We’d rather nothing changed but we’ve watched so many scary movies that we can’t help but believe The Threat is Out There.
4) We actually want to get it over with. Zombification would not be our fault but would eliminate Monday from our lives.
I’m sure the answer lies somewhere in there for many people, although simple explanations are usually at least partially wrong where humans are concerned. Most of us are too big a psychological mess to neatly fit into any one box.
(May YOU are, the reader thinks.)
