System Failure

System Failure

Impending Collapse

Making the Case: Our System is on the Cusp of Failure

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Nathan Knopp
Aug 07, 2023
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TL;DR A basic tenet of System Failure is, of course, that we live in a system that is about to fail. This essay considers two different historical perspectives to make the case that an historic economic collapse is imminent. Both the long trajectory of human history and the recent events of the 20th Century suggest that we are approaching the end of an …

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