We've had "imminent" crises going as far back to when I was a kid in the 70's, and long before that, too. Nuclear war, pollution, stagflation, the ozone hole, savings and loan crisis, smog, acid rain, AIDS, terrorism, and probably more all happened during my lifetime. Each of them had varying levels of doomerism, but I don't think anyone really believed their lives were pre-ruined from any of them. Not sure why this generation thinks their lives are.