THIS IS HOW IT ENDS
The New START agreement between Russia and The United States halved the size of their nuclear arsenals, and at the same time the United Nations Climate Change Conference had countries agreeing to limit carbon emissions and commit to keeping global temperature increase to 2 degrees.
We'd emerged from a global recession and were celebrating with a return to innocence and a desire to escape: Toy Story, Alice In Wonderland, Harry Potter, Inception, and fairytales like Shrek topped the box office.
Obama was a new president. Hope was in the air.
Since then things have been getting worse.
And if you're like me you're likely also thinking about how bad it get. What the rock bottom will look like. Or if we'll even know we're there.
We're all thinking about how it ends.
This is what I think will happen.