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Civilization faces collapse risk without clean energy and new technologies

Civilization faces collapse risk without clean energy and new technologies

Independent - 13-Jan-2025

Urgent action in the next five years is critical for avoiding collapse

Why societies must act now to avoid environmental and social collapse

Why societies must act now to avoid environmental and social collapse

The Guardian - 28-Dec-2024

Past societal collapses were often linked to rising complexity and resource limitations

Doomsday clock - 100 ticks away from midnight

Doomsday clock - 100 ticks away from midnight

Guardian - 23-Jan-2020

Too close to our own end and still we are not doing enough to prevent it

Manmade glacier stores water to be used during low rainfall

Manmade glacier stores water to be used during low rainfall

New Scientist - 22-Jan-2020

Melting of natural glaciers has become erratic due to climate change

Computers and robots could automate 1.5 million jobs

Computers and robots could automate 1.5 million jobs

BBC - 25-Mar-2019

Percentage of workers in primary industry massively reduced in last century - not necessarily a bad thing

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Society Resources

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New York 2140

Amazon

Climate fiction novel by American science fiction author Kim Stanley Robinson

Green Mars

Amazon

Science fiction novel from the Mars trilogy, written by Kim Stanley Robinson

Blue Mars

Amazon

Science fiction novel from the Mars trilogy, written by Kim Stanley Robinson

2040: A Silicon Valley Satire

Amazon

Satiric book about AI written by Pedro Domingos

Living in the Age of the Jerk

Amazon

By Michael Baxter and Julien de Salaberry - Technology Innovation, Pandemics and our Future

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Society Blog Posts

Homo Deus - review and quotes
29-Jul-2018

Homo Deus - review and quotes

The history of mankind and society - then looking to the future where dataism ousts the need for humans

Empire State of Mind (and Body)
24-May-2018

Empire State of Mind (and Body)

manipulation over the Opportunities opened up with human genetic engineering need to be regulated global to avoid exploitation

Inequality and Threat
19-Apr-2018

Inequality and Threat

A look at the risk of inequality between rich and poor being polarised to extreme

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