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Tag: collapse

  • There is no ‘getting back to normal’ with climate breakdown

    As the IPCC report makes clear, there are now only unknown and unfamiliar alternative futures that we can choose from, says political economist Mark Blyth https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2021/aug/11/no-getting-back-to-normal-climate-breakdown-ipcc-report?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other more ›

  • Backward

    Pride and prejudice. Certainty borne out of extreme cruelty, both felt and inflicted. A century of warlords and volunteers. more ›

  • The End of Children

    Societies do collapse, sometimes suddenly. Nevertheless, prophets of doom might keep in mind that their darkest predictions have been, on the whole, a little premature. https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2025/03/03/the-population-implosion more ›