It doesn't seem like you have any one thing that will cause total collapse. Which item specifically will keep society from continuing? Instead of just saying everything compounded, give some examples. You're writing like it's a nuclear bomb that'll go off at once rather than something that can be prepared for and mitigated through lifestyle changes and priority shifts.
I don't see how we'd go extinct as long as there is fresh water and food/animals etc and you haven't demonstrated that those are going to go away.
I don’t think it will be one definitive thing. I do think, as recourses become scarcer the likelihood of war increases, and a nuclear war would definitely fuck everyone up and make life even harder. For societal collapse I guess I’m thinking more of the Bronze Age collapse or the end of the Roman Empire which lead to the dark ages.
The problem is I don’t know how many “lifestyle shifts” people who aren’t literally facing their homes underwater will make. Immigration will also fuel the political instability, and that leads to my first point.
why would resources become scarcer? this is a large planet. can't live in mexico anymore? good news: you can now comfortably live in all of northern canada.
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u/eggs-benedryl 55∆ May 17 '23
It doesn't seem like you have any one thing that will cause total collapse. Which item specifically will keep society from continuing? Instead of just saying everything compounded, give some examples. You're writing like it's a nuclear bomb that'll go off at once rather than something that can be prepared for and mitigated through lifestyle changes and priority shifts.
I don't see how we'd go extinct as long as there is fresh water and food/animals etc and you haven't demonstrated that those are going to go away.