The 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

The 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.