‘We need dramatic social and technological changes’: is societal collapse inevitable

RE · Dec 29, 2024, 02:36 PM

Yes.

Ah, another Johnny-come-lately academic has concluded that we are in danger of collapse and we need radical social and technological change, including a lower standard of living in order to avoid it. Don't we have enough research already on this topic? We need an MBA from Sweden to rehash Joe Tainter and Jared Diamond?

I suppose it's good to have somebody new to do the talk show and podcast circuit, since even if Joe and Jared are still alive they're also having their asses wiped by a CNA in a Gulag for Gomers. lol. It's good to pass the Collapse Torch to a new generation of kollapsniks.

Will people pay any more attention to the Swede than people did to any of the pundits from the last go-round? Nope. Academics aren't Billionaires, so nobody pays attention to them. Billionaires aren't kollapsniks, because, hey, the world isn't collapsing for them, now is it? In fact, life couldn't be better.

So it goes.

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2024/dec/28/we-need-dramatic-social-and-technological-changes-is-societal-collapse-inevitable

'We need dramatic social and technological changes': is societal collapse inevitable?

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‘We need dramatic social and technological changes’: is societal collapse inevitable

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