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My default assumption is that the collapsitarians are as correct in 2023 as they were when they predicted the imminent collapse of humanity and its descent into
by snakeyjake 3y ago
My default assumption is that the collapsitarians are as correct in 2023 as they were when they predicted the imminent collapse of humanity and its descent into barbarism toward extinction back in the late 1700s.
There is a reason every prediction of doom has been updated with new editions or "recalibrations" every decade or so for the last several centuries.
- jackcosgrove 3y agoThe collapse dynamic seems to get attention since it implies that everything will appear fine until some Wile E. Coyote moment when you realize too late you've run off the cliff. I think discontinuities are rarer than continuities in complex systems. If the world will get worse, it will more likely be a gradual worsening than a collapse. Also, miracle wheat happened and soylent green did not.