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Joshua's guide to civilization collapse

Would you like to do something to stop the collapse of civilization? Well go ahead but nothing you do will make any difference. What we can do is soften the blow. Eventually we will run out of resources to exploit. Liquid fossil fuels are so depleted that we need to drill five thousand feet into the ocean, and another thirteen thousand feet into the ocean. We need to boil sand to extract oil. Marine habitats are collapsing. And topsoils are eroding. Go ahead and buy nothing for a week if you like, think locally and act globally, or stop eating meat if you like, but on the scale of things it won't make a difference. What might make a soften the blow is not having any children or dying earlier that might make a difference. Reducing the number of humans on the planet is the single best way to conserve resources. Reducing the number of North Americans is the most effective. If you still think you can do something about the collapse of civili

irish potato famine

can the irish potato famine be understood in terms of civilization collapse? the huge loss of population the population bottleneck there are no anecdotes, no stories from the famine no one wanted to remember fear inferiority shame are there any similarities to the mayan collapse?