I think humankind has always been preoccupied by death, and potentially what follows after that. And we have been in our history more involved with wars than we are today, particularly when territorial disputes were ordinary. Just think about how many wars were fought only in Europe... I'm thinking a good part of those are gone now through various treaties. But on the news and movies side, I couldn't agree more, they are painting a dystopian future and an awful present, even when great things remain unnoticed, sometimes probably intentionally.