Mark O’Connell

Mark O’Connell is an Irish writer who lives and works in the city of Dublin. He is married and is the father of two children. He primarily works as a journalist and a writer of nonfiction books. He is this book’s author, and he has structured the book in a manner that accommodates both his own personal experiences and more global experiences. His inspiration for writing this book was his own anxiety about the future and the possibility of various apocalyptic events.

O’Connell describes himself as a socialist, and throughout the book, he explains his sociopolitical views and applies them to the relevant contexts described in the book. For example, in multiple parts of the book, he explores how capitalism has caused and exacerbated various problems of economic inequality and ecological decline. While researching material for this book, O’Connell traveled to...