i agree, this is less about civilization collapse and more about poor resource management. toss in a little wilful ignorance on the problem solving of humans, and you end up with this doom and gloom stuff. feels like ive been readin this crap my entire life (ozone!)
its proven mature societies populations stabilize, and resource management is just humans not being dicks to each other (a notable roadblock).
i think there will be societal shrinkage, but it aint constanza just-out-of-the-pool shrinkage. certainly not a collapse
the OP link is to a gloom and doom person who claims we should all just give up.
my point is that the whole idea of ‘giving up’ is not plausible as a state in which we ever exist. given what we have actually accomplished as a planet, and what we can accomplish in small, mature communities the link is to hyperbolic nonsense
I’m confused. You called out the ozone issue in a way that made it sound like you believed the ozone crisis was over-hyped because we don’t hear about it anymore.
We don’t hear about it anymore because nations of the world actually took action together, and it was solved. In your response, you seem to agree with that.
i agree, this is less about civilization collapse and more about poor resource management. toss in a little wilful ignorance on the problem solving of humans, and you end up with this doom and gloom stuff. feels like ive been readin this crap my entire life (ozone!)
its proven mature societies populations stabilize, and resource management is just humans not being dicks to each other (a notable roadblock).
i think there will be societal shrinkage, but it aint constanza just-out-of-the-pool shrinkage. certainly not a collapse
But you also must remember that the Ozone Layer issue was before social media became a thing.
The healing of the ozone layer was one of the most successful examples of global human cooperation.
You’re undermining your own point. That kind of cooperation and commitment is what we NEED to be doing but aren’t
no, not really.
the OP link is to a gloom and doom person who claims we should all just give up.
my point is that the whole idea of ‘giving up’ is not plausible as a state in which we ever exist. given what we have actually accomplished as a planet, and what we can accomplish in small, mature communities the link is to hyperbolic nonsense
I’m confused. You called out the ozone issue in a way that made it sound like you believed the ozone crisis was over-hyped because we don’t hear about it anymore.
We don’t hear about it anymore because nations of the world actually took action together, and it was solved. In your response, you seem to agree with that.
The circles have me spinning.
I mwant that the Op link ignores humans ability to problem solve, like we have with the ozone.
Ahhh makes sense now