I grew up on a farm, my dad was a remote developer when that meant tapes in the mail and a mainframe in the shed. When my naivety and I emerged from this insul

I grew up on a farm, my dad was a remote developer when that meant tapes in the mail and a mainframe in the shed. When my naivety and I emerged from this insulated cocoon into the the mess of the world, I couldn’t believe that something as reckless and corrupted and chaotic as our civilization could possibly continue beyond a year or two. Because our genius exists at the individual level, we are horribly unsophisticated in our collective behaviour, and terrible at even comprehending our collective behaviour. I think /r/collapse may not be factually rigorous, but accurately represents sublime horror of individuals being shattered by staring into the incomprehensible abyss of of mass human activity