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This is the place for discussing the potential collapse of modern civilization and the environment.

Collapse, in this context, refers to the significant loss of an established level or complexity towards a much simpler state. It can occur differently within many areas, orderly or chaotically, and be willing or unwilling. It does not necessarily imply human extinction or a singular, global event. Although, the longer the duration, the more it resembles a ‘decline’ instead of collapse.

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Ecological Overshoot: Humanity's Countdown to Extinction (predicament.substack.com)

submitted 4 months ago by eleitl@lemm.ee to c/collapse@lemm.ee

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Not that great an essay, but has enough meat to post.

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[–] Zachariah@lemmy.world 8 points 4 months ago (1 children)

[–] eleitl@lemm.ee 1 points 4 months ago

Eventually. Some sooner than others.

[–] magnetosphere@fedia.io 5 points 4 months ago (1 children)

I try to stay optimistic. There are days, though, when I don’t care about things like private jets because I think we’re all irrevocably fucked anyway.

[–] JeffKerman1999@sopuli.xyz 1 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Yeah but there's a difference between losing a finger or losing the entire hand. Climate change is not all or nothing, there's still hope to mitigate the disaster and to avoid the worst of it