Survivors

There are some quite popular shows about events that basically destroy civilization as we know it and highlight the difficulties faced by the survivors.

The event causing the apocalypse are varied from a zombie apocalypse to an pandemic that wipes out most of the population.

The shows focus on the survivors and ignores the billions who perished.

The popularity of these shows varies and some actually have approached the issue from a comedic point of view.

Watching these shows is pretty entertaining, but I would like to note that we also have access to the real thing in some places.

Consider Syria where war has reduced much of the country to a post apocalyptic wasteland creating refugees and ongoing atrocities.  Not entertaining and all too real.

Or places devastated by natural disasters like Puerto Rico or Haiti.

If you watch news coverage of those events you might notice being a survivor is generally not as adventurous as depicted on some of these shows.

There are actually plenty of people who could help the refugees and victims in other parts of the world.

Some do of course but most don't.

In fact we are almost as invisible as the billions wiped out in our popular shows.

To the extent we are not zombies trying to eat their brains I guess its better.

Not much though.