The important point is in 'as we know it'. Industrial Capitalism is not an option for the future, but a different economic system that puts less emphasis on growth and more on sustainability can still work.
Rather than trying to save the current system with dystopian technologies, the ideal would be to give it up and start moving to a new one, preferably in an organized manner (e.g. Starting with the Green New Deal), instead of waiting for an otherwise inevitable revolution.
Rather than trying to save the current system with dystopian technologies, the ideal would be to give it up and start moving to a new one, preferably in an organized manner (e.g. Starting with the Green New Deal), instead of waiting for an otherwise inevitable revolution.