It wasn't just tragic, it was a textbook Baudrillard moment. When reality has out done cinema by a factor of ten, what could possibly shock us? What apocalyptic vision do we crave as a civilization? I find myself wondering: are news stories reflections and reportages, or our projection of what we really want the world to become? Here is war and terror, switch channel and we see near-apocalyptic visions of flood and landslide. If the images we see on screens big and small are indications of our collective psyche, we probably do want the world to end - spectacularly and with live telecast, so that we can savor our own demise.