#societalcollapse — Public Fediverse posts

Complaining about how the world is collapsing is as old as humanity. The perceived misery of what was then modern urban life is palpable already in the epic of Gilgamesh, the first recorded story circa 2100 BCE 🤣

But at least folks used to enjoy a nice game while commenting on the futility of it all 🎲 🎲

Whereas now all we get is the pleasure of clicking "post" in silence, and sending some JSON into the bottom of a remote database 😅

#doomscrolling
#societalcollapse
#canwemakeitagameplease

Complaining about how the world is collapsing is as old as humanity. The perceived misery of what was then modern urban life is palpable already in the epic of Gilgamesh, the first recorded story circa 2100 BCE 🤣

But at least folks used to enjoy a nice game while commenting on the futility of it all 🎲 🎲

Whereas now all we get is the pleasure of clicking "post" in silence, and sending some JSON into the bottom of a remote database 😅

#doomscrolling
#societalcollapse
#canwemakeitagameplease

Complaining about how the world is collapsing is as old as humanity. The perceived misery of what was then modern urban life is palpable already in the epic of Gilgamesh, the first recorded story circa 2100 BCE 🤣

But at least folks used to enjoy a nice game while commenting on the futility of it all 🎲 🎲

Whereas now all we get is the pleasure of clicking "post" in silence, and sending some JSON into the bottom of a remote database 😅

#doomscrolling
#societalcollapse
#canwemakeitagameplease

Complaining about how the world is collapsing is as old as humanity. The perceived misery of what was then modern urban life is palpable already in the epic of Gilgamesh, the first recorded story circa 2100 BCE 🤣

But at least folks used to enjoy a nice game while commenting on the futility of it all 🎲 🎲

Whereas now all we get is the pleasure of clicking "post" in silence, and sending some JSON into the bottom of a remote database 😅

#doomscrolling
#societalcollapse
#canwemakeitagameplease

Complaining about how the world is collapsing is as old as humanity. The perceived misery of what was then modern urban life is palpable already in the epic of Gilgamesh, the first recorded story circa 2100 BCE 🤣

But at least folks used to enjoy a nice game while commenting on the futility of it all 🎲 🎲

Whereas now all we get is the pleasure of clicking "post" in silence, and sending some JSON into the bottom of a remote database 😅

#doomscrolling
#societalcollapse
#canwemakeitagameplease

https://medium.com/speculative-encounters/the-fastest-way-a-world-breaks-35dc38c32314

It hits every system people depend on. It breaks supply chains, food production, communication, transportation, and public order.

#nuclearwar #apocalypse #medium #WWIII #collapse #SocietalCollapse #globalnuclearwar

https://medium.com/speculative-encounters/the-fastest-way-a-world-breaks-35dc38c32314

It hits every system people depend on. It breaks supply chains, food production, communication, transportation, and public order.

#nuclearwar #apocalypse #medium #WWIII #collapse #SocietalCollapse #globalnuclearwar

#GeorgeMonbiot 23. Apr. 2026 Guardian Opinion Climate Crisis

A catastrophic climate event is upon us. Here is why you’ve heard so little about it

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/apr/23/catastrophic-climate-event-scientists-atlantic-system-collapse-billionaire-existential-crisis?CMP=share_btn_url

#climatechange #ClimateEmergency #ClimateCrisis #ClimateBreakdown #ClimateDisruption #globalWarming #globalHeating #ExtremeWeather #polycrisis #billionaires #BigOil #societalCollapse

#FYI #PaulBeckwith video lecture #AMOC #Amazon #tippingPoint #billionaires #BigOil #societalCollapse

Paul on an excellent article by #GeorgeMonbiot

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j-DdaDJmOI0

#climate #ClimateScience #climatechange #ClimateEmergency #ClimateCrisis #ClimateBreakdown #ClimateDisruption #globalWarming #globalHeating #ExtremeWeather #polycrisis

The problem with the "cloud" per se, isn't the cloud itself, it's the people that own it.

I first posted this in Sept 2024. More true than ever.

#datahoarder #collapse #digitalhoard #archivalstorage #selfhosting #dataserver #datasecurity #digitalpreservation #backuplife #societalcollapse #selfsufficiency #cybersecurity

The problem with the "cloud" per se, isn't the cloud itself, it's the people that own it.

I first posted this in Sept 2024. More true than ever.

#datahoarder #collapse #digitalhoard #archivalstorage #selfhosting #dataserver #datasecurity #digitalpreservation #backuplife #societalcollapse #selfsufficiency #cybersecurity

The problem with the "cloud" per se, isn't the cloud itself, it's the people that own it.

I first posted this in Sept 2024. More true than ever.

#datahoarder #collapse #digitalhoard #archivalstorage #selfhosting #dataserver #datasecurity #digitalpreservation #backuplife #societalcollapse #selfsufficiency #cybersecurity

The problem with the "cloud" per se, isn't the cloud itself, it's the people that own it.

I first posted this in Sept 2024. More true than ever.

#datahoarder #collapse #digitalhoard #archivalstorage #selfhosting #dataserver #datasecurity #digitalpreservation #backuplife #societalcollapse #selfsufficiency #cybersecurity

The problem with the "cloud" per se, isn't the cloud itself, it's the people that own it.

I first posted this in Sept 2024. More true than ever.

#datahoarder #collapse #digitalhoard #archivalstorage #selfhosting #dataserver #datasecurity #digitalpreservation #backuplife #societalcollapse #selfsufficiency #cybersecurity

Reading a post about how Jesse Jackson publicly hugged people with AIDS, around the time I was 12—at a time they were treated with fear and contempt; at the height of my worrying about catching it myself in being sexually abused—while the first line concerning nuclear war in Pink Floyd's 'Mother' kicks in over my earbuds, and I think to myself how our now is honestly more unsettling to me than that from three-quarters of my lifetime ago.

#StillMasking #TransRights #SocietalCollapse

Japan punk rock lawyer leads climate justice fight | Nation

Japan’s punk rock lawyer Akihiro Shima was belting out songs at a pack…
#Climate #ClimateChange #Climate-Change #afp #climatechange #climatevariabilityandchange #Environmentalimpact #environmentalimpactoffossilfuels #EnvironmentalIssues #globalenvironmentalissues #globalwarming #Greenhousegasemissions #humanimpactontheenvironment #japan #lawsuit #naturalenvironment #netzeroemissions #societalcollapse
https://www.europesays.com/2723914/

The planet is boiling and burning

“Human activity helped make 2025 third-hottest year on record…The atmosphere is sending us a message.” >>
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/jan/14/human-activity-helped-make-2025-third-hottest-year-on-record-experts-say
#FossilFuel #pollution #energy #consumption #denial #ExistentialThreat #Heat #HotPlanet #MobilityDesign #HomoSapiens #biodiversity #SocietalCollapse #ClimateBarbarism

“Dick foresaw the collapse of #reality and rise of #bogus #replicas of #human #culture.” open.substack.com/pub/tedgioia... #books #societalcollapse #BookSky #PhilipKDick

A Reading List for the End of ...

Next round of updates for my #LivingLiteratureReview. This means I go back to the old posts and add new papers I found, to make sure that everything stays as up to date as possible. Posts which got updated this time:
* Mapping out collapse research (https://existentialcrunch.substack.com/p/mapping-out-collapse-research): Added Goliath's curse and improved the overview figures of different collapse ideas.
* Famine's role in societal collapse (https://existentialcrunch.substack.com/p/famines-role-in-societal-collapse): Added my new paper about crop production shocks.
* Climate anomalies and societal collapse (https://existentialcrunch.substack.com/p/climate-anomalies-and-societal-collapse): Added a study about how extreme weather events were related to major battles in the Roman Empire.
* Economic inequality and societal collapse (https://existentialcrunch.substack.com/p/economic-inequality-and-societal): Added a paper that empirically explores how the onset of capitalism was pretty bad for many societies.

If you want to read about the updates in more detail, you can check out the update post: https://existentialcrunch.substack.com/p/december-2025-updates

#SocietalCollapse #Food #Climate #inequality

Researchers slightly lower study’s estimate of drop in global income due to climate change | Business https://www.byteseu.com/1607740/ #atmosphere #change #Climate #ClimateChange #ClimateVariabilityAndChange #EarthSciences #economy #EnvironmentalImpact #EnvironmentalImpactOfFossilFuels #EnvironmentalIssues #GlobalEnvironmentalIssues #GlobalNaturalEnvironment #GlobalWarming #HumanImpactOnTheEnvironment #NaturalEnvironment #nature #PhysicalGeography #SocietalCollapse

No deal yet on EU climate targets as COP30 looms | National https://www.byteseu.com/1512686/ #afp #ClimateChange #ClimateChangeMitigation #ClimateChangePolicy #ClimateVariabilityAndChange #EnvironmentalImpact #EnvironmentalImpactOfFossilFuels #EnvironmentalPolicy #Europe #EuropeanUnion #GlobalEnvironmentalIssues #NaturalEnvironment #NetZeroEmissions #ParisAgreement #Politics #SocietalCollapse

#lukekemp #history #lecture #inequality #psychiatricdisroders #men #societalcollapse #collapse Excellent lecture! 1/3 www.youtube.com/watch?v=K1le... #climatechange #ClimateEmergency #ClimateBreakdown #ClimateDisruption #ExtremeWeather #polycrisis #EcosystemCollapse #systemcollapse

Goliath's Curse: Climate, Ineq...

#lukekemp #history #lecture #inequality #psychiatricdisroders #men #societalcollapse #collapse Excellent lecture! 1/3 www.youtube.com/watch?v=K1le... #climatechange #ClimateEmergency #ClimateBreakdown #ClimateDisruption #ExtremeWeather #polycrisis #EcosystemCollapse #systemcollapse

Goliath's Curse: Climate, Ineq...

#lukekemp #history #lecture #inequality #psychiatricdisroders #men #societalcollapse #collapse Excellent lecture! 1/3 www.youtube.com/watch?v=K1le... #climatechange #ClimateEmergency #ClimateBreakdown #ClimateDisruption #ExtremeWeather #polycrisis #EcosystemCollapse #systemcollapse

Goliath's Curse: Climate, Ineq...

#lukekemp #history #lecture #inequality #psychiatricdisroders #men #societalcollapse #collapse Excellent lecture! 1/3 www.youtube.com/watch?v=K1le... #climatechange #ClimateEmergency #ClimateBreakdown #ClimateDisruption #ExtremeWeather #polycrisis #EcosystemCollapse #systemcollapse

Goliath's Curse: Climate, Ineq...

#lukekemp #history #lecture #inequality #psychiatricdisroders #men #societalcollapse #collapse Excellent lecture! 1/3 www.youtube.com/watch?v=K1le... #climatechange #ClimateEmergency #ClimateBreakdown #ClimateDisruption #ExtremeWeather #polycrisis #EcosystemCollapse #systemcollapse

Goliath's Curse: Climate, Ineq...

#lukekemp #history #lecture #inequality #psychiatricdisroders #men #societalcollapse #collapse
3/3
to rigorously exclude from having any say - or in notorious cases expel - individuals showing any signs of psychiatric disorders, openly egocentric, manipulative or covert malicious behavior.

#lukekemp #history #lecture #inequality #psychiatricdisroders #men #societalcollapse #collapse
3/3
to rigorously exclude from having any say - or in notorious cases expel - individuals showing any signs of psychiatric disorders, openly egocentric, manipulative or covert malicious behavior.

#lukekemp #history #lecture #inequality #psychiatricdisroders #men #societalcollapse #collapse
3/3
to rigorously exclude from having any say - or in notorious cases expel - individuals showing any signs of psychiatric disorders, openly egocentric, manipulative or covert malicious behavior.

#lukekemp #history #lecture #inequality #psychiatricdisroders #men #societalcollapse #collapse
3/3
to rigorously exclude from having any say - or in notorious cases expel - individuals showing any signs of psychiatric disorders, openly egocentric, manipulative or covert malicious behavior.

#lukekemp #history #lecture #inequality #psychiatricdisroders #men #societalcollapse #collapse
3/3
to rigorously exclude from having any say - or in notorious cases expel - individuals showing any signs of psychiatric disorders, openly egocentric, manipulative or covert malicious behavior.

#lukekemp #history #lecture #inequality #psychiatricdisroders #men #societalcollapse #collapse

2/3 where the community failed to expel them in time, which failure allowed these individuals to force their will upon the community and gain power.
Only egalitarian societies without any hierarchy are sustainable long term (see Khoisan). If we want to survive the #climatebreakdown, we as a community MUST use that lever, -> 3/3

#lukekemp #history #lecture #inequality #psychiatricdisroders #men #societalcollapse #collapse

2/3 where the community failed to expel them in time, which failure allowed these individuals to force their will upon the community and gain power.
Only egalitarian societies without any hierarchy are sustainable long term (see Khoisan). If we want to survive the #climatebreakdown, we as a community MUST use that lever, -> 3/3

#lukekemp #history #lecture #inequality #psychiatricdisroders #men #societalcollapse #collapse

2/3 where the community failed to expel them in time, which failure allowed these individuals to force their will upon the community and gain power.
Only egalitarian societies without any hierarchy are sustainable long term (see Khoisan). If we want to survive the #climatebreakdown, we as a community MUST use that lever, -> 3/3

#lukekemp #history #lecture #inequality #psychiatricdisroders #men #societalcollapse #collapse

2/3 where the community failed to expel them in time, which failure allowed these individuals to force their will upon the community and gain power.
Only egalitarian societies without any hierarchy are sustainable long term (see Khoisan). If we want to survive the #climatebreakdown, we as a community MUST use that lever, -> 3/3

#lukekemp #history #lecture #inequality #psychiatricdisroders #men #societalcollapse #collapse

2/3 where the community failed to expel them in time, which failure allowed these individuals to force their will upon the community and gain power.
Only egalitarian societies without any hierarchy are sustainable long term (see Khoisan). If we want to survive the #climatebreakdown, we as a community MUST use that lever, -> 3/3

#lukekemp #history #lecture #inequality #psychiatricdisroders #men #societalcollapse #collapse

Excellent lecture!
The lecturer does mention - but just shortly - the root cause of hierarchical and thus exploitative societies: Men born with psychiatric disorders, ->2/3

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K1le5Sj7Qp4

#climate #ClimateScience #climatechange #ClimateEmergency #ClimateCrisis #ClimateBreakdown #ClimateDisruption #globalWarming #globalHeating #ExtremeWeather #polycrisis #EcosystemCollapse #systemcollapse

#lukekemp #history #lecture #inequality #psychiatricdisroders #men #societalcollapse #collapse

Excellent lecture!
The lecturer does mention - but just shortly - the root cause of hierarchical and thus exploitative societies: Men born with psychiatric disorders, ->2/3

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K1le5Sj7Qp4

#climate #ClimateScience #climatechange #ClimateEmergency #ClimateCrisis #ClimateBreakdown #ClimateDisruption #globalWarming #globalHeating #ExtremeWeather #polycrisis #EcosystemCollapse #systemcollapse

#lukekemp #history #lecture #inequality #psychiatricdisroders #men #societalcollapse #collapse

Excellent lecture!
The lecturer does mention - but just shortly - the root cause of hierarchical and thus exploitative societies: Men born with psychiatric disorders, ->2/3

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K1le5Sj7Qp4

#climate #ClimateScience #climatechange #ClimateEmergency #ClimateCrisis #ClimateBreakdown #ClimateDisruption #globalWarming #globalHeating #ExtremeWeather #polycrisis #EcosystemCollapse #systemcollapse

#lukekemp #history #lecture #inequality #psychiatricdisroders #men #societalcollapse #collapse

Excellent lecture!
The lecturer does mention - but just shortly - the root cause of hierarchical and thus exploitative societies: Men born with psychiatric disorders, ->2/3

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K1le5Sj7Qp4

#climate #ClimateScience #climatechange #ClimateEmergency #ClimateCrisis #ClimateBreakdown #ClimateDisruption #globalWarming #globalHeating #ExtremeWeather #polycrisis #EcosystemCollapse #systemcollapse

#lukekemp #history #lecture #inequality #psychiatricdisroders #men #societalcollapse #collapse

Excellent lecture!
The lecturer does mention - but just shortly - the root cause of hierarchical and thus exploitative societies: Men born with psychiatric disorders, ->2/3

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K1le5Sj7Qp4

#climate #ClimateScience #climatechange #ClimateEmergency #ClimateCrisis #ClimateBreakdown #ClimateDisruption #globalWarming #globalHeating #ExtremeWeather #polycrisis #EcosystemCollapse #systemcollapse

Remember the beautiful auroras last year? These occur when solar particles interact with Earth's magnetic field. When #Earth is hit by large amounts of these particles, this is called a #GeomagneticStorm. Geomagnetic storms can induce currents into the electrical grid, potentially leading to #blackouts. But how likely is that to happen? How large could the damages be? I explore this in a new post for my #SocietalCollapse living literature review: https://existentialcrunch.substack.com/p/space-weather-and-critical-infrastructure

#robinwallkimmerer #metacrisis #reciprocity #wereallinthistogether #climatejustice #socialjustice #societalcollapse

#iansomerhalder #metacrisis #collaboration #climateaction #societalcollapse #reciprocity

#lifeboatacademy #metacrisis #mentalhealth #ClimateAction #socialjustice #societalcollapse

This is a must-watch for folks today, who are even more #TechnologyDepedent, @wesdym ! Wow!

#KesslerSyndrome #CarringtonEffect #SocietalCollapse #DependenceOnTechnology #OverDependenceOnTechnology #TechnologyTrap #JamesBurke

This is a must-watch for folks today, who are even more #TechnologyDepedent, @wesdym ! Wow!

#KesslerSyndrome #CarringtonEffect #SocietalCollapse #DependenceOnTechnology #OverDependenceOnTechnology #TechnologyTrap #JamesBurke

This is a must-watch for folks today, who are even more #TechnologyDepedent, @wesdym ! Wow!

#KesslerSyndrome #CarringtonEffect #SocietalCollapse #DependenceOnTechnology #OverDependenceOnTechnology #TechnologyTrap #JamesBurke

This is a must-watch for folks today, who are even more #TechnologyDepedent, @wesdym ! Wow!

#KesslerSyndrome #CarringtonEffect #SocietalCollapse #DependenceOnTechnology #OverDependenceOnTechnology #TechnologyTrap #JamesBurke

This is a must-watch for folks today, who are even more #TechnologyDepedent, @wesdym ! Wow!

#KesslerSyndrome #CarringtonEffect #SocietalCollapse #DependenceOnTechnology #OverDependenceOnTechnology #TechnologyTrap #JamesBurke