In, “Cheer up, it's just the end of the world”, Ira Chermus compares the apocalyptic views of the world and how the meaning has changed over the last half-century. From the religious apocalypse to the nuclear apocalypse, the story defines society as constantly dooming life as they know it everywhere that they look. However, the real threat to fear, the global warming apocalypse seems to be brushed under the rug and forgotten. After discussing all the gloom and doom, the story takes a twist and tries to encourage people to focus on the things that matter and live for a brighter tomorrow.
I believe that the implied message is that people need to wake up before it really is the end of the world, because it discusses how people spend their life