@urlyman There is a theory that increasing #complexity is the primary #cause of #civilisational #collapse, see Joseph Tainter, The Collapse of Complex Societies, Princeton University Press, 1988.
β€œIn the midst of glaring #economic #inequalities, #climatebreakdown and widespread #poverty in the #GlobalSouth, Pinker’s faith in #civilisational #progress seems optimistic to say the least.” aeon.co/essays/lets-...

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