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Where do you turn, when you no longer believe that the way of living we grew up taking for granted can be sustained?
#JosephTainter (author of 1988 classic 'The Collapse of Complex Societies') and #GailTverberg (actuary and founder of 'Our Finite World') will be joining #SurvivingTheFuture alumni #IvanIdso to share possible answers at Minneapolis' Degrowth Summit on Sat Oct 25th, 11:30-15:30 CDT.
Register for FREE livestream by ticking "Join Virtually" at:
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This article is available free for a limited time via #BulletinOfTheAtomicScientists
“Fragile, impermanent things”: #JosephTainter on what makes #civilizations fall
" #Collapse occurs, he argues, when the costs of #complexity are greater than its returns to society. Complex societies are problem-solving organizations, and when the costs of coping with crises are too great, they fail."
#civilisation #tippingPoints #civilization #climatecrisis #DoomsdayClock
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This article is available free for a limited time via #BulletinOfTheAtomicScientists
“Fragile, impermanent things”: #JosephTainter on what makes #civilizations fall
" #Collapse occurs, he argues, when the costs of #complexity are greater than its returns to society. Complex societies are problem-solving organizations, and when the costs of coping with crises are too great, they fail."
#civilisation #tippingPoints #civilization #climatecrisis #DoomsdayClock
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This article is available free for a limited time via #BulletinOfTheAtomicScientists
“Fragile, impermanent things”: #JosephTainter on what makes #civilizations fall
" #Collapse occurs, he argues, when the costs of #complexity are greater than its returns to society. Complex societies are problem-solving organizations, and when the costs of coping with crises are too great, they fail."
#civilisation #tippingPoints #civilization #climatecrisis #DoomsdayClock
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This article is available free for a limited time via #BulletinOfTheAtomicScientists
“Fragile, impermanent things”: #JosephTainter on what makes #civilizations fall
" #Collapse occurs, he argues, when the costs of #complexity are greater than its returns to society. Complex societies are problem-solving organizations, and when the costs of coping with crises are too great, they fail."
#civilisation #tippingPoints #civilization #climatecrisis #DoomsdayClock
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This article is available free for a limited time via #BulletinOfTheAtomicScientists
“Fragile, impermanent things”: #JosephTainter on what makes #civilizations fall
" #Collapse occurs, he argues, when the costs of #complexity are greater than its returns to society. Complex societies are problem-solving organizations, and when the costs of coping with crises are too great, they fail."
#civilisation #tippingPoints #civilization #climatecrisis #DoomsdayClock