Heretic and TranceAm, you're both following my line of thinking.... and unfortunately, my budget as well!
It's true; there are so many possibilities in the very near future... Supported by the way societies have operated recently and historically are the possibilities of a large-scale war, an global economic collapse, or a
coup de grace by "the man behind the curtain". Treading the spectrum between science and fiction include comet strikes, a Planet X flyby, or first contact from an extraterrestrial government. The psychological/spiritual possibilities range from an awakening of the global consciousness to a conplete transition into a new plane of existence. I feel like Chicken Little, and I've been told that the sky is falling...
But even if the sky isn't going down, I know that
something is. The ground's starting to rumble...