Is this the end of civilization as we know it?
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Is this the end of civilization as we know it?
Well, it’s official: We’re doomed. A study sponsored by NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center says so — and according to the accompanying report, we’ve only got a couple of decades left before the end of civilization as we know it occurs. That’s right: It’s happening in our lifetime.
What are the signs of the fall of a civilization?
If we can learn one thing of the past collapses of major civilizations, it is that all of those showed some (if not most) of the following symptoms during or immediately before their imminent collapse: environmental destruction, depletion of vital resources (such as water, arable soil and timber), famine.
How do societies fail?
Collapses of past societies Diamond identifies five factors that contribute to collapse: climate change, hostile neighbours, collapse of essential trading partners, environmental problems, and the society’s response to the foregoing four factors.
How did the Indus Valley civilization end?
Some historians believed the Indus civilisation was destroyed in a large war. Hindu poems called the Rig Veda (from around 1500 BC) describe northern invaders conquering the Indus Valley cities. It’s more likely that the cities collapsed after natural disasters. Enemies might have moved in afterwards.
Bendell chooses to think that social collapse is inevitable, catastrophe probable and extinction possible. That’s my guess too. A second truth: scientists have, for many reasons, been under constant pressure to downplay the dangers and extent of climate change, and not to scare the mob.
Are we already ‘deep into the trajectory towards collapse’?
Australia’s top climate scientist says “we are already deep into the trajectory towards collapse” of civilisation, which may now be inevitable because 9 of the 15 known global climate tipping points that regulate the state of the planet have been activated.
What are the possible causes of a societal collapse?
Possible causes of a societal collapse include natural catastrophe, war, pestilence, famine, and depopulation. A collapsed society may revert to a more primitive state, be absorbed into a stronger society, or completely disappear. Virtually all civilizations have suffered this fate regardless of size or complexity.
What changes occur when a civilization collapses?
Changes occurring with collapse. In cases of collapse, civilizations tend to revert to less complex, less centralized socio-political forms using simpler technology. These are characteristics of a Dark Age. Examples of such societal collapse are: the Hittite Empire, the Mycenaean civilization, the Western Roman Empire,…