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This is the place for discussing the potential collapse of modern civilization and the environment.

Collapse, in this context, refers to the significant loss of an established level or complexity towards a much simpler state. It can occur differently within many areas, orderly or chaotically, and be willing or unwilling. It does not necessarily imply human extinction or a singular, global event. Although, the longer the duration, the more it resembles a ‘decline’ instead of collapse.

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Longtermism: The Key to Human Survival? (thehonestsorcerer.substack.com)

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 10 hours ago

Longtermism is the key to human extinction.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 15 hours ago* (last edited 10 hours ago)

Great post. I wonder what the mental math is for 200 years of industrial civilization for other civs?

Is their planet the same size? Is earth resource rich or poor in comparison? Would abundance exacerbate depletion as it is taken for granted, and would scarcity teach restraint? Is the entire planet fully colonized under exponential growth at the begining or does it happen later as harsher environs are explored?

Is their culture subject to the same ideological pursuits or are they capable of self restraint?

Fascinating topic.

Edit: I just realized that I am fearful of learning the answers for an alien civilization considering our path assumed as relatively unexceptional.