Collapse of complex societies
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US Economics and Theory of Collapse
Citing the national debt, deficits and a Moody’s downgrade, the post debates whether the US faces economic decline, then applies Joseph Tainter’s theory of diminishing returns on complexity, pointing to…
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Science
NASA-NSF predicts collapse of civilization
A note on a NASA-sponsored study warning that industrial civilisation could collapse from resource strain and inequality, with the poster questioning the claim and welcoming its comparison of Maurya, Gupta…
