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I’ve become a follower of the Collapse subreddit. I initially dismissed it as a bunch of alarmist doomers but the more I looked into the more I realized that even if they end up being wrong modern civilization is a lot more fragile than most people think.

Climate change, resource depletion and environmental damage all have the potential to severely destabilize the entire system we have built.

I really wish we had a lot more rigorous research into this subject.

Here’s an interesting presentation from Marc Jancovici https://youtu.be/Vjkq8V5rVy0

It’s two hours long and you may not agree with some of the alarming conclusions but they have clearly put in a lot of work into their thesis. More people should be aware of these possibilities.

parent thewarrior 5 years ago

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