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Ok, now make two tweaks to your mental model: First, think “the fall of Rome” when you hear “civilization collapse.” Second, consider that this isn’t just aff
by roughly 1y ago
Ok, now make two tweaks to your mental model:
First, think “the fall of Rome” when you hear “civilization collapse.”
Second, consider that this isn’t just affecting the US, but every major populated country.
And then consider you’ll be living through it, not reading about it in a book.
- bryanlarsen 1y agoFall of Rome took hundreds of years, up to 1000 depending on how you measure it. And fall of Rome isn't anywhere close to collapse of civilization. Collapse of Rome scenarios I'll accept as plausible. Collapse of civilization, no.
- jrowen 1y agoI might ask you to tweak your model as well..."collapse of civilization" is such an extreme, dramatic, far-reaching term, people are always going to latch onto that. It's sensationalism. I would describe what you're talking about as "widespread suffering and hardship" more akin to a world war.
- roughly 1y agoWhat do you define as “civilization”? Is it culture, norms, practices, a lifestyle, an economy, basic assumptions about the availability of goods and services and health care and medicine, basic assumptions about government, and norms and standards thereof? Is it literally every part of your life that you live every day?
- jrowen 1y agoIt's more about the definition of collapse. By your definition civilization collapsed during World War 2. Generally a large structure that has collapsed is hopelessly, irreparably broken - capable of performing near 0% of its function. It can't recover, it's not limping along in some form, it is "totaled" and you have to clean up the pieces and start completely over.