Jochen Fromm

It is obvious that exponential growth can not go on unlimited in a limited system. There are #LimitsToGrowth in every finite system. So what will the future bring while the superrich hide in their bunkers (even they are unsure how, as Douglas Rushkoff describes in his book)? A..

a) societal collapse and we go extinct
b) societal collapse and we go back to pre-industrial middle ages
c) societal collapse and we create a sustainable post-capitalist economy

I don't know. What do you think? Can we avoid a collapse of a society which is based on exponential growth and exploitation of fossil fuels or is a collapse inevitable?
https://www.politybooks.com/bookdetail?book_slug=how-everything-can-collapse-a-manual-for-our-times--9781509541386

Mar 15 at 10:42pmWeb
Show threadDoomsdaysCWMar 27

@cas_group I'm hoping for c) . UNLESS we cause #Colonialism and #Capitalism to go extinct before the collapse. AND utilize #GiantLeap tech (which might involve #AncientTech and #OldSchoolTech).

#GiantLeapScenario #GiantLeapForward #Earth4All

Show threadJochen FrommMar 29

@DoomsdaysCW yes we all hope for c), but it is unrealistic, isn't it? Look at how much buzz and hype a single stranded #humpback whale in the #BalticSea causes now. People care about it. Media outlets are reporting about it all the time. A whale is concrete and real, it can be touched, you can comprehend it. #ClimateCrisis, #ClimateChange and #LimitsToGrowth are abstract and seem to be far away.

If people would care the same about issues that really matter as they care about the humpback whale, then we would have a real chance to avoid collapse. But this is not how the world works. In the end people care more about helping a whale survive than about helping their own species survive. Because this would mean building a sustainable post-capitalist economy. Or at least thinking about it.