News · Culture For Subscribers Why we’ll always be obsessed with – and afraid of – monsters By Leo Braudy October 31, 2016 · 8:03 AM EDT · Updated January 16, 2025 12:21 AM · 4 min read read Advertisement Listen to audio version of this article Members only Subscribe to listen Fear continues to saturate our lives: fear of nuclear destruction, fear of climate change, fear of the subversive, and fear of foreigners. Fear continues to saturate our lives: fear of nuclear destruction, fear of climate change, fear of the subversive, and fear of foreigners.… Advertisement Read Next Massachusetts Girls' Volleyball Team With Boy Player Wins State Vocational Championship Mike Minogue Finishes Similar To Geoff Diehl In 2022 Despite Self-Funding Nearly $20 Million Massachusetts Democrats Sweep Statewide Office Races Massachusetts Rejects All-Party Primaries, Legal Marijuana Rollback