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Civilization will end because it is so much easier to break things than build them.
by kthejoker2 4y ago
Civilization will end because it is so much easier to break things than build them.
- halpmeh 4y agoBuilding things is a lot more fun though, so there is still hope. You run into problems if you create a society where people can’t build. Then they turn to destruction.
- coffeebeqn 4y agoHow is that true now but not for the last 10 000 years? Somehow we build more than we destroy very consistently
- tshaddox 4y agoI suspect it would depend on the popularity of various ideologies which are antithetical to civilization.
- kthejoker2 4y agoFirst, civilization has collapsed on the small scale (Mayas, Roman Empire) and due to the same causes - relatively modest disruptions to food supply, border security, access to labor, etc. And the division of labor, economic sprcialization, and technological advancement has created way more weak links. There were no nuclear bombs or dependencies on large scale agribusiness, satellite comms, the Internet. or in this case electrification to sustain society. To be clear I'm not predicting collapse because the grid has some vulnerability, I'm just saying if you wanted to collapse society, it would almost certainly involve (again, extremely modest, scalable, and boringly effective) sabotage like this.