Lessons to Avoid Societal Collapse From 5,000 Years of History

Luke Kemp, author of Goliath’s Curse, joins the Zero podcast to discuss whether climate change and AI make our society ...
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Here’s how to prepare financially before a potential societal collapse

As tensions with Iran escalate and fears of broader instability grow, here’s how to prepare financially for disruption — without panic or extreme thinking.
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MIT Predicted in 1972 That Society Will Collapse This Century. Research Shows We're on Schedule

In 1972, MIT predicted that society will collapse sometime within this century. A new study shows that we are on-track for that. In fact, they show that societal collapse could happen by 2040. This is ...
Miami New Times

The City Dark hawks the specious science of societal collapse by streetlight

Adhering to the brand of bad faith agitprop that views — and damns — the world through a chosen narrow lens, The City Dark mounts a case for why “light pollution,” AKA artificial illumination, is a ...
The New York Times

Are We Headed for Apocalypse? This Book Says It’s a 1-in-3 Chance.

In “Goliath’s Curse,” Luke Kemp crunches the numbers to see exactly how far we are from the fate of once-great empires. A detail from Samuel Colman’s “The Edge of Doom” (1836-38).Credit...Samuel ...
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Would gold be useful in the event of an apocalypse?

I understand the traditional value of gold in world culture so far. What I don't understand: If real economic collapse comes — a dystopia — why gold is still said to be the thing to have. Why would ...