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‘Self-termination is most likely’: the history and future of societal collapse
(www.theguardian.com)
in a world menaced by the climate crisis, nuclear weapons, *artificial intelligence and killer robots.
*delusion that we have created artificial intelligence
“History is best told as a story of organised crime,” Kemp says. “It is one group creating a monopoly on resources through the use of violence over a certain territory and population.”
In terms of what kind of history you can make a living covering in a "pop-science" fashion yes, but this is a MASSIVE claim to make without serious conclusive evidence proving this is what motivates the trajectory of history primarily.
Why isn't History best told as a story of lawmakers attempting to create a sustainable coherent body of laws that don't collapse inwards eventually?
Why isn't History best told as a story of revolutions in domestic labor technology? The pottery wheel, the loom, the dishwasher... etc...
Why isn't History best told as a story of different meals and culinary traditions?
Why isn't History best told as a story of organized religion, friendship, communities, or ideologies?
We choose to see history this way and in doing so play right into the hands of the ruling class. The act of retelling History by necessity must challenge the primacy of authoritarian regimes in the human story because otherwise all History does is retell the propaganda of the past.