Chief Hydrologist -
Some fascinating thoughts.
I agree entirely about the catastrophist mentality, and have something of a passion for unearthing it in the common psyche, if not down in its evolutionary and biological roots.
Armaggedonology – a noble study because it promises to remove that which prevents the experiencing of existential joy and awe. Apocalypsters have a layer that once peeled away can reveal a human being’s natural confidence in today – and tomorrow.
Something I’m yet to see is the essential link between the dooming and a statist liberal agenda. I see a correlation and some obvious overlaps in emotional disposition, but the connection for me remains tenuous. Perhaps because my perspective has always been essentially non (or ‘a’) political.
Otherwise, I concur with your sentiments.
And FWIW I’m having a particularly splendid time because I finally got around to something this morning that I have been procrastinating about for forever and a day.
Which somehow reinforces my happy wonderment that there is something, rather than nothing.