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> 76 minute read I thought this was a guide for the busy worker. > Climate change will cause agricultural failure and subsequent collapse of hyperfragile mode

> 76 minute read I thought this was a guide for the busy worker. > Climate change will cause agricultural failure and subsequent collapse of hyperfragile modern civilization, likely within 10–15 years. By 2050 total human population will likely be under 2 billion. What an insane take. I would ask if I could bet against the author, but I'm sure they wouldn't take the bet since their winnings would be worthless in the hyperinflation of their apocalyptic dystopia.

cosmic_shame 4y ago
Do you have a specific issue with one of this takes?
- TechBro8615 4y ago
  Yeah, it's completely absurd and divorced from reality. Civilization will not collapse by 2038, and the population of people will not be under 2 billion by 2050. Billions of people will not die due to climate change in the next 27 years. Anyone who thinks otherwise should see a psychiatrist.
simmerup 4y ago
What's insane is how plausible it sounds when you read through the article. I guess the only positive with such short timescales is that we'll know very soon if he's right. I can't believe his magnitude, but even if 'just' 1 billion people are affected that's huge...
- TechBro8615 4y ago
  I didn't spend 76 minutes reading through the article, but I did click through to the Twitter profiles of the people he acknowledged as his sources, and they seemed like typical unhinged emotional scaremongerers who have a monetary incentive to doompost about the climate. What I did find amusing is where our political beliefs aligned, namely our high distrust of government competency and cynical views of its corruption. There was a time when all leftists were like this. I'd have an easier time finding common ground with them than I would with the contemporary authoritarian leftist who blindly trusts the FBI and corporate media.

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> 76 minute read I thought this was a guide for the busy worker. > Climate change will cause agricultural failure and subsequent collapse of hyperfragile mode

by TechBro8615 4y ago

cosmic_shame 4y ago
Do you have a specific issue with one of this takes?
- TechBro8615 4y ago
  Yeah, it's completely absurd and divorced from reality. Civilization will not collapse by 2038, and the population of people will not be under 2 billion by 2050. Billions of people will not die due to climate change in the next 27 years. Anyone who thinks otherwise should see a psychiatrist.
simmerup 4y ago
What's insane is how plausible it sounds when you read through the article. I guess the only positive with such short timescales is that we'll know very soon if he's right. I can't believe his magnitude, but even if 'just' 1 billion people are affected that's huge...
- TechBro8615 4y ago
  I didn't spend 76 minutes reading through the article, but I did click through to the Twitter profiles of the people he acknowledged as his sources, and they seemed like typical unhinged emotional scaremongerers who have a monetary incentive to doompost about the climate. What I did find amusing is where our political beliefs aligned, namely our high distrust of government competency and cynical views of its corruption. There was a time when all leftists were like this. I'd have an easier time finding common ground with them than I would with the contemporary authoritarian leftist who blindly trusts the FBI and corporate media.