Bread and Circuses on Nostr: Maybe the real question is not how *optimistic* we should be, but rather how ...

Maybe the real question is not how *optimistic* we should be, but rather how *pessimistic* we should be.

It is clear to most of us that today’s out of control hyper-modern global society is unsustainable and headed for collapse due to overconfidence, overconsumption, and ecological overshoot.

But how bad will it get — very bad, or very VERY bad? How pessimistic should we be?

That’s the issue tackled in this fascinating discussion between a science fiction writer and an evolutionary biologist...

➡️ https://thereader.mitpress.mit.edu/the-collapse-is-coming-will-humanity-adapt/

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