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On this topic - Oswald Spenglers observations on the topic of civilizational collapse are an interesting read. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Decline_of_t
by jordanbeiber 7y ago
On this topic - Oswald Spenglers observations on the topic of civilizational collapse are an interesting read.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Decline_of_the_West https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Decline_of_the_West
> Spengler's model of history postulates that any culture is a superorganism with a limited and predictable lifespan.
- jstewartmobile 7y agoNow the superorganism is global. Who will be left to carry the torch?
- platistocrates 7y agoCivilizations don't die, they fragment and reform. The analogy of an organism is being stretched too far.
- adamrezich 7y agoThat is quite the claim.
- ekianjo 7y ago> Spengler's model of history postulates that any culture is a superorganism with a limited and predictable lifespan. A superorganism, yes, with a limited lifespan, yes, if you stretch it until the extinction of humans, but a "predictable" lifespan, that's laughable at best: the more information is transformed into data, the longer a culture will last, and the less predictable its lifetime will be.
- jordanbeiber 7y agoI’m just saying the observations are interesting, not stating what a historian and philosopher wrote 100 years ago as an absolute fact. The article reminded me of ”the decline of the west”, which in turn makes me connect to Asimov, for some reason.
- wsy 7y agoIt is an interesting and inspiring read. However, it turned out to be completely wrong, like many (all?) predictive models of history.
- jordanbeiber 7y agoWell according to him we are the latest civilization and have entered the final decadent millennia of our existence. We’ll have to wait and see!