Well, Asteroid 2012 DA14 missed us. Having briefly titillated us with the possibility that it would smash into Earth and approximate the effects of a world-wide disaster movie, Asteroid 2012 DA14 passed harmlessly by and vanished into space, going back to the anonymity that its boring name presaged.
Still, Asteroid 2012 DA14 had its impact — even if not a physical one. If people are concerned about the possibility that, at any moment, a hurtling space rock will pulverize our planet, why not just live for the moment? Why not adopt the Epicurean philosophy, and eat, drink, and be merry, for tomorrow we may die? (Of course, if we don’t die, we’ll have to deal with the consequences of our dissolute behavior, but let’s not think about that right now.)
Jolie Holland aptly captures such an approach with her terrific song Enjoy Yourself. With asteroids and meteors raining down upon us, how could anyone not like a song with the refrain “enjoy yourself, it’s later than you think”?
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