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‘Self-termination is most likely’: the history and future of societal collapse (www.theguardian.com)
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The work is scholarly, but the straight-talking Australian can also be direct, such as when setting out how a global collapse could be avoided. “Don’t be a dick” is one of the solutions proposed,

Well, we do keep electing those that would make it worse, so perhaps we're as "guilty" as they are ?

The lessons he has drawn are often striking: people are fundamentally egalitarian but are led to collapses by enriched, status-obsessed elites, while past collapses often improved the lives of ordinary citizens.

Today’s global civilisation, however, is deeply interconnected and unequal and could lead to the worst societal collapse yet, he says. The threat is from leaders who are “walking versions of the dark triad” – narcissism, psychopathy and Machiavellianism – in a world menaced by the climate crisis, nuclear weapons, artificial intelligence and killer robots.

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[–] BlueSquid0741@lemmy.sdf.org 8 points 16 hours ago (3 children)

We’re not going to make, are we? ‘People’, I mean.

[–] No1@aussie.zone 5 points 16 hours ago

There is no fate but the one we make.

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