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Neil Vora isn\u2019t just an expert on infectious diseases<\/a>, pandemics<\/a> and nature conservation<\/a>. He also considers himself something of a savant on dystopian fiction.\u00a0<\/p>\n When Vora, an epidemiologist at Conservation International, isn\u2019t treating tuberculosis patients or speaking to audiences<\/a> about human health and deforestation, he spends his time watching movies and reading stories about contagions and other doomsday scenarios.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n It might seem odd to seek distraction in horrors. But in a new essay published this week in Atmos, Vora explains how the history of doomsday narratives illuminates something surprising for our future: hope.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Vora writes in Atmos:\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Read the full essay here<\/a>.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Further reading:<\/span><\/p>\n Max Marcovitch is a staff writer at Conservation International. Want to read more stories like this? Sign up for email updates<\/a>. Also, please consider supporting our critical work<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n