civilization collapse

A glance at elite marriages show rich, famous and powerful men marrying women that are young enough to be their grand daughters. Sometimes these men are known bad boys. What does this have to do with civ collapse? Debt? Over population? Competition for resources? Food shortages? And generally spending more than you earn?

Cook the planet to death by burning all the fossil fuels That's a dumb way to die  Have as more children than the planet can support That's a dumb way to die Eat all the fish in the ocean till there's nothing left to eat That's a dumb way to die Pollute the ocean with plastics so seagulls starve because their bellies are full of plastic That's a dumb way to die Deplete the aquifers so that there is no water left to farm That's a dumb way to die Keep increasing atmospheric co2 levels to accelerate sea level rise That's a dumb way to die

Global warming Species extinction Ocean pollution 7 billion humans 3 cubic miles of oil consumed per year

100 more years of metals and then we will have to find alternatives or mine the heavens.

You wake up No idea who you or where you are Screaming and fighting You figure out and are helped to operate the door You go through more doors and hoops and take on more risks, get more specialized, and become more invested in the things staying a certain way And from time to time you look out the windows and see other trains going the same way - some are clean, others are filled with people, some fighting, and others are grimly quiet Every so often the train your on changes the conductors and the engineers and rules are changed about who gets to sit where and how much money everyone gets to keep Most people can't or won't switch trains. Instead they buy things that help them pretend they are someone or somewhere else. Some of these things kill or melt them. After a long while you realize you have never seen where the train is going and that almost no one on the train is interested The problem is no one is going get rich, powerful or famous from changing the...

What we have done: We've exhausted every corner of the earth We are raising the earths temperature over the past 100 years and for at least a hundred more Estimates of 100,000 species extinct per year What has the price bought? 7 billion humans Space mission Origin of species and universe Atheism Internet brain memory Nuclear deterrent 20 more years to live - with dementia? Is it worth it?

if you have 5 minutes: #1 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cubic_mile_of_oil The world consumes approximately 3 CMO annually from all sources. if you have another 5 minutes #2 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cJ-J91SwP8w 300 Years of FOSSIL FUELS in 300 Seconds if you have 7 minutes #3 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EQqDS9wGsxQ Who Killed Economic Growth? if you have 17 minutes #4 http://www.ted.com/talks/paul_gilding_the_earth_is_full.html Paul Gilding starts his TEDTalk with four words that say almost everything: “The Earth is full.” It’s a terrifying concept. Have we really strained, mined and otherwise depleted the planet’s resources to the point where social collapse is inevitable? Gilding believes we have, and he launches into a defense of that notion. if you have 1 hour #5 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u4KRWoubPEo Holocene Extinction - Sixth great Extinction if you have 4 hours: #6 http://www.econ.utah.edu/~mli/Economics%207004/Morrigan_2010_Energy_CC4.pdf...