The Paradox Of Technology
Technology keeps pushing out the boundaries — but only up to a certain point. Population size and consumption are (and always were) oblivious to this trend and kept increasing well beyond the limits set by resources (both natural and mineral) available to them. This is overshoot. Once reached, there is no safe return: civilizations have to keep doing what they are doing to avoid collapse, but by doing so they’re just hastening their demise.
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How I Came To Believe That Civilization Is Unsustainable
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