Surviving Premonitions of the Apocalypse

On May 10, the New York Times’ daily news highlights included the following lead items: In Hours, Thieves Took $45 Million in A.T.M. Scheme By Marc Santora The authorities said laptops and the Internet were used in more than two dozen countries to steal from A.T.M.’s, including 2,904 machines in New York City, in one…