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Five Bummer Problems that Make Societies Collapse

By Erik Curren | August 18, 2011

Vikings

"If anyone tells you that there's a single-factor explanation for societal collapse," says collapse guru Jared Diamond, "you know right away that they're an idiot. This is a complex subject." So, forget about peak debt, peak oil, peak climate, peak Harry Potter or even peak everything as the single most important problem that could bring today's whole pulsing, beaming and … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Transition Tagged With: economic collapse, futurology, Greenland, Jared Diamond, peak debt, Vikings

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