![]() ![]() ![]() Talking about the ebbs and flows of long-gone civilisations, analysing specific factors that made them succeed or collapse (eg Jared Diamond’s book “Collapse”).Servigne & Stevens explain that most of the literature is either: What is collapse & the birth of collapsologyĪ collapse is “the process at the end of which basic needs (water, food, housing, clothing, energy, etc.) can no longer be provided to the majority of the population by services under legal supervision. Building resiliency through localism, degrowth, reducing interconnectedness, fewer people being “uprooted”.We’re not wired to see this kind of risk coming – it’s too slow and too complicated.Different shapes: linear decline, oscillating decline Stages of collapse: financial, commercial, political, social, cultural.Overview of the different models especially Meadows’s “Limit to Growth”.Some of the early signs with crises stemming from systemic risk & the environment.Acknowledged difficulty of this prediction. ![]() Too much of civilisation is “uprooted” – inhabitants have no direct link with Earth systems (earth, water, animals, plants etc) therefore at risk Increasingly complex civilisation, more interconnected, more systemic risk.The era of cheap & abundent fossil fuel is coming to an end. It needs to grow to get more energy, and it needs more energy to grow. To maintain itself and avoid financial disorder / social unrest, our industrial civilisation is forced to accelerate. ![]()
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