The world is going to end? It's just a plot perspective to sell merchandise. Selling inspired works, where the world is a great place to live, and the future is bright, is harder to write. Writers say, "Where is the Plot and Conflict to Drive the Story?"

'Cosmos: A Spacetime Odyssey' TV Series Will Return in 2019

LOS ANGELES -- Get ready, space fans: " Cosmos: A Spacetime Odyssey" has been renewed for a second season. Fox and National Geographic announced yesterday (Jan. 13) that the series will return in the spring of 2019. Astrophysicist and science communicator Neil deGrasse Tyson will return as the series' host.

From article, (Get ready, space fans: "Cosmos: A Spacetime Odyssey" has been renewed for a second season.

Fox and National Geographic announced yesterday (Jan. 13) that the series will return in the spring of 2019. Astrophysicist and science communicator Neil deGrasse Tyson will return as the series' host.  

"Cosmos: A Spacetime Odyssey" is a follow-on to the 1980 TV series "Cosmos: A Personal Voyage," which was co-created and hosted by the late astronomer and science popularizer Carl Sagan. Sagan's widow and frequent collaborator, Ann Druyan, was a writer on the original series and created the new iteration of "Cosmos." She will also return for the second season as an executive producer and writer. [Inside 'Cosmos': Q&A with Host Neil deGrasse Tyson] 

"Following a wildly successful run in 2014 as the most-watched series ever on National Geographic Channels internationally, and seen by more than 135 million people worldwide on National Geographic and FOX, the new season will once again premiere in the U.S. on both FOX and National Geographic and globally on National Geographic in 171 countries and 43 languages," according to a news release from National Geographic.

"'Cosmos' has a view of the future which I believe has the power to inspire people," Duyan said. "So much of what we see and so much of what our kids and grandchildren see is so dystopic and despairing. It's like … our punishment for all our sins is just around the corner, and humanity doesn't have a future except the one that's choking and dying. And in 'Cosmos' we imagine the future that we can still have.")

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Me, "While the theme of 'the world is going to end' is seen as a way of selling merchandise, there is a way of selling inspiring works. As this article says its just a little harder from a plot perspective, if your selling good, where is the conflict, etc." 
But I tend to agree, being inspired about the future is important. We need TV Shows, Movies, and Books that inspire, instead of saying, 'the world is going to end.' If we are inspired, we really see the world as a good place where anything good is possible. 
This can lead to less suicides, less murders, less crime. There may still be some bad in the world, but overall inspiring people about the future is an important thing to do. People need hope.
If people can see that the future is something to look forward too, they are more motivated to strive for that future today, and tomorrow."