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How everything can collapse : a manual for our times /

A brave book that confronts directly the very real possibility that our civilization will collapse.

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Servigne, Pablo (Author), Stevens, Raphaël (Author)
Other Authors: Brown, Andrew (Literary translator) (Translator)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Cambridge, UK ; Medford, Massachusetts : Polity Press, [2020].
Edition:English edition.
Subjects:
Regression (Civilization)
Crises (Philosophy)
Climatic changes > Effect of human beings on.
Global environmental change > Forecasting.
Forecasting.
Table of Contents:
  • Preface / by Jem Bendell
  • Introduction: We'll definitely need to tackle the subject one of these days...
  • The accelerating vehicle
  • When the engine dies (limits that cannot be crossed)
  • Leaving the road (boundaries that can be crossed)
  • Is the steering locked?
  • Trapped in an ever more fragile vehicle
  • The difficulties of being a futurologist
  • Can we detect warning signs?
  • What do the mathematical models say?
  • A mosaic to explore
  • And where do human beings fit into all this?
  • Conclusion: Hunger is only the beginning
  • Postface / by Yves Cochet.