With worrying global trends like climate change, pollution, increasingly divided or radical governments, economic woes, misinformation and disinformation everywhere, dangerous health crises and so on, what do you think - how much time do we have before “it all comes crashing down”? What will end life or our way of life as we know it first?

Or do you think we’ll make it? If so, how?

  • BCsven@lemmy.ca
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    4 months ago

    If a group blew up a hydro dam, or other electrical source plant and also destroyed water stations, you would see local society and ecomony crumble quickly. People aren’t prepared, like they may have been in the 50s for food/water supply, etc. You would have chaos. So an enemy would just need to coordinated that across cities…its why have web/internet enabled infrastructure is a security diaster waiting to happen.

    • Carrolade@lemmy.world
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      4 months ago

      The people would remain though, and begin to rebuild unless the attacks were extremely broad and sustained for a long duration. No power or water stations in Gaza any more, but they are still hanging on in very dire conditions.

      People are resilient. And adaptable. Just because we do things one way that works for us does not mean that one way is an absolute requirement.

      Not that there wouldn’t be chaos, suffering and casualties. Just that it wouldn’t be the end.

      • BCsven@lemmy.ca
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        4 months ago

        I guess by collapse I am thinking complete devolution, not neccessarily the end of people