Civilization faces collapse risk without clean energy and new technologies
Independent - 13-Jan-2025Urgent action in the next five years is critical for avoiding collapse
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Why societies must act now to avoid environmental and social collapse
The Guardian - 28-Dec-2024Past societal collapses were often linked to rising complexity and resource limitations
Doomsday clock - 100 ticks away from midnight
Guardian - 23-Jan-2020Too 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
New Scientist - 22-Jan-2020Melting of natural glaciers has become erratic due to climate change
Computers and robots could automate 1.5 million jobs
BBC - 25-Mar-2019Percentage of workers in primary industry massively reduced in last century - not necessarily a bad thing
Society Resources
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Living in the Age of the Jerk
By Michael Baxter and Julien de Salaberry - Technology Innovation, Pandemics and our Future
The New Long Life
Book about living longer, smarter and happier life written by Andrew J. Scott and Lynda Gratton
Immortality: The Quest To Live Forever and How It Drives Civilisation
A fascinating work of popular philosophy and history that both enlightens and entertains written by Stephen Cave
National Risk Register of Civil Emergencies (2017 Edition)
Info that explains the risks of major emergencies that could affect the UK
Society Blog Posts
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
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
19-Apr-2018
Inequality and Threat
A look at the risk of inequality between rich and poor being polarised to extreme
