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Would love to see a comparison of the various economic doomsday theories of the 50s-80s and see how they've fared. I remember hearing my parents and their friends talking about them in the early 90s, and yet here we are.
@House Mouse Shorts because at this point if you want things to change and not have your entire life dictated by a bunch of stupid laws the only way to achieve this is to wipe it away and start over.
This has happened in New Zealand. A quarter of the population in NZ are elderly, and young people keep leaving due to the high stress of paying taxes to fund so many retired people, who insultingly own the rental property they live in because young people can't afford a house due to the high taxes and low wages they earn.
@Musicvidsetc Because they dare to tell landlords to maintain their property? You know what a world without any gov interference looks like? Maybe read a Charles Dickens novel
@Samuel Tallman Is it really because of the shrinking base or might it be, in some part, due to the corrupt fed banking system which forces Gov (the people) to pay more interest than it can afford, thereby leaving Gov short on funds to provide for society?
Social Collapse doesn't always mean post apocalyptic dystopia but rather that the currents social structures will either be incredibly inefficient or completely reformed
Does Anyone Else Feel Like Everything Has Changed? There is also this feeling that the whole world is holding it's breath. Almost as though we are all waiting for some catalyst or sign or event that puts an end to this feeling of being put on hold. This vague unexplained unease. Everyone is disconnected from each other and there’s no longer any respect or tolerance for each other. No one likes to communicate in person anymore and everyone does things only for money rather than for purpose and meaning. We also have a loneliness epidemic.
By the way, that's the society Ayn Rand truly wanted in her lifetime. Someone wake her up and tell her that this is what society has become...but the economic system hasn't changed as she desired it to be like.
Saying "oh hey society is predicted to collapse in 18 years" and following it up with "the first 1000 fans to sign up with this link get a free month of skillshare!" is some disconnected dystopian ish.
Our biggest problem is waste. We waste EVERYTHING. Clothing,food,water,energy. You name it and we waste it. If it doesn't fit or if it's broken, we just throw it away. Waste is by far our biggest issue
@Michael Uttley It's not population growth that's the problem, it's economic growth and the corresponding "development" that it entails that's the real issue.
What you said about our current society being the richest and most well-off in history is true. It boggles my mind that as I sit typing this in my single-wide mobile home that I am materially better off than the royalty of past eras. At a touch of a finger, I can set my home temperature levels to what is comfortable. The same finger provides lighting. Not only can I safely store food thanks to refrigeration and canning, I have access to varieties of food that the rulers of Versailles could only dream of. At one time salt and pepper were luxuries; now they come in packages that many people casually throw away. And our health care, though not without its problems, is far superior to that of even 100 years ago. When I want to go somewhere, I can travel at speeds ancient humans never even dreamed possible--I can even FLY! And yet, according to some people's standards, I am considered poor or low-income because I live in a mobile home park. I think people in the far future (assuming we as a species are still around) will look back at us and say that this was the golden age. They will call us Gods.
@Nexo NekoThey never said we didn’t but the world has always been broken since the beginning of time. It’s born of fire and ice with things like earthquakes in a world full of animals that kill to eat each other in order to survive. Things are no different now just more people imo.
The fact that nobody can agree on what’s about to happen and that all of our predictions are so different says something. The worlds getting so complex and we’re so domesticated that whenever something bad happens people just immediately drop their marbles.
@Bella Krinkle I don't think people are more dumb than before. We just learn the skills that help us survive and thrive in this world. I learned how to develop softwares, which is a really good skill to have in my current environment. But throw me in the middle of a forest and I die in a week guaranteed. Many of the skills we learn today are difficult and we aren't necessarily dumber if we don't know basic survival skills, for we don't *need* those skills in our day to day lives.
It is eerie to watch this exponential increase in efficiency happen in real time thanks to artificial intelligence. Chat gpt 4 release this week, c3 generative ai product suite, open ai licensing it’s generative ai software to various major companies and various ai start ups in various sectors coming to fruition, economic recession looming, major political tension between largest world powers. So much has happened since this comment at a magnitude I’ve personally never seen; a major pivotal moment here in time to say the least.
I know this video ends on a confusing note, but I actually think you can convert all of this into a very rational conclusion, and way of life, with peace of mind. Wrote about this further if anyone is interested. Thanks to the creator for revisiting this book and being honest about it's conclusions.
I could see society, American especially, hitting a scenario roughly equivalent to Post WWII....Recycling was inherent, I still remember Mom, and Grandparents saving even bits of string, etc. You grew your own food and supplemented with the local market. I grew up as a child with this model.
I think the best thing to do in preparation for societal collapse is to continue with whatever you're doing in the present just in case, but at the same time pick up a skill such as gardening, sewing, or cooking, buy some backyard chickens, or even go to the gym. The reason for this is so that if the end truly is nigh, you will have at least one ability that will help you in a more primitive society. Gardening helps you grow food, and you can collect eggs from backyard chickens or even kill one for meat and feathers and bones every once in a while. Sewing will help you create clothes that will help you and whatever people you might know survive the winter. Going to the gym will be good if you want to be a strong person who can build a house - in this case, also make sure to learn how to make a viable shelter. Don't worry about learning all of these at once - humans are highly sociable creatures and if you know at least one of these skills, you can make friends nearby who know how to do the others. Bonus points if you know your neighbors already, since they're likely the ones you will be turning to in these times of need if they happen. And by completing life as normal other than these few things, you can rest assured that if none of this ever happens, you didn't throw your life away for a pessimistic belief.
You left out the most important. Get some guns. Learn how to use them. Farming is awesome, but if you have no guns, all you're doing is farming for the biggest guy on the block.
Interesting. I do that very same thing, thinking of different situations, either ones i been through or those I haven’t, and thinking out different scenarios and outcomes . That way no matter what situation i come across, i know what to do. May sound silly, but its helped me through life so far 🤷🏽♂️. I can only imagine what the computer can see tho.
Simply put. "Plan for the worst, expect the best. Then you are ok and can survive with everything in-between". A basic lesson I learned from my father and grandfather. Has already got me through the GFC in 2008-2010, crazy lockdowns in Melbourne Victoria, Australia due to Covid (destroying my business). Just some examples of financial and associated life needs/pressures. Now we all face a new round of pressures where every single $1counts in one way or another. Wish you all the very best. Am so very thankful for being taught this bask motto in for life.
@ret1con Didn't know Malaysia, Thailand, Vietnam etc are located inside Singapore. Singapore, Japan and South Korea are literally the only rich countries there, the rest is poor af in comparison.
I liked the rate of innovation part. Even if innovation flourishes, what if the things worth innovating upon are just a waste of a perfectly good mind. If advertising and such is 10x easier than particle physics and can get you 100x more rich and famous than who would be a particle physicist? One with a bunch of college debt and a relatively average salary whose time and energy likely will be focused on the corporations goals rather than scientific breakthroughs or personal intrigue. If he/she wants a grant they will likely have to prove that it will be profitable
When examining Gaya Herrington's report, I could actually see the predicted and actual numbers starting to diverge from each other, and the actual today's trends seemed better.
@chickenlord In the section "8. Supporting Infromation", there is a reference to the supporting materials, where you can find the xslx spreadsheet with the graphs built out of the numbers from the report. Also there are graphs with empirical data on the same charts. On these graphs I can see the trends diverging. For example the empirical trend on "Food per capita" is much much better then it was predicted by all of the models.
"When a market is bottoming, the best stocks make their lows ahead of the absolute low in the market averages. As the broader market averages make lower lows during the last leg down, the leaders diverge and maker higher lows."
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What happens after Civilization Collapse is that survivors regroup, organize and rebuild. Very interesting model. Some theoretical scenarios show society collapsing much earlier. Great for Economists who really want to look at and attempt to understand "all" the variables. Or maybe not.
It depends on what type of economist. Context is key. It also depends on the nature of the prediction. But it really doesn't take an economist to look at the state of things currently and predict that things are heading towards a poor outcome and that it's obviously been intentional.
I can agree with the spirit of your joke, but the reality of that type of perception so sad: "Hey! They predicted a four-alarm fire! This three-alarm isn't so bad is it? *toasts marshmallow*"
Every single one of these types of videos in a nutshell: “So basically, we all are going to die. Collapse is inevitable. Goodbye society as we know it. Here is the solution: Thank you for watching! Hope you’re happy and found peace!”
"Necessity is the mother of invention", is a phrase almost exclusively used in humanity's favor. But maybe the planet gets inventive too and necessarily allows us to destroy ourselves.
There is something worth mentioning regarding necessity of problem solving once said problems become large enough to be concerning. While it is true, the truth would probably be somewhere along the lines of, people wouldn't put so much effort into figuring a solution for the sake of... well... other people, but rather once said solution is found, someone, somewhere is getting rich because of it. The end result is the same, but I just find it funny (and somewhat sad) that that's how our society works these days.
I have literally been telling people ignorance as a choice at this point because most people who have a cell phone in their pocket as the greatest library humanity has ever seen right in the palm of their hands daily and yet some people would still rather just go plaster their lives on Facebook. I spend most of my time on my phone researching things information that won't be useful for me at all I just like learning new things.
hey same buddy. i agree with ya. its a shame everyone is tiktarded outta their goards looking for fame, followers and fortune. The Main fight for everyone right now should be 100% focused on workers rights. That is extremely important. The fight against the corruption of corporate greed. plutocracy and greed will be the downfall of any civilized society.
The biggest problem with humanity is the fact that we typically tend to be more reactive then proactive we wait until the last minute to fix big problems that could have been solved a long time ago
It's that, but it's much more so that people who are not reactive and are more proactive are usually not given any attention or care from the rest. Then you have politics that intentionally attempts to go after achieving votes from the reactive people, which then leads to the view that these kind of people are more valued by politics, which then establishes over time a status quo that caters to those people and disregards the proactive and even smears them, which then creates a vicious circle that is bound to end in failure. Usury and the people involved in that that live off of the interest of it was a mistake that lead to all this. They're mathematically compulsive, calculating, but impulsive, and mistake mathematical calculation for being useful in all situations when it isn't. Math has no room for context. Thus, they believe they're geniuses when they're not, seeing, but not perceiving; hearing, but not understanding.
👍It means that we are way behind from the expectation of our ancestors.There will always be a saturated pt to reset/equilibrate the system before "total collapse".
One of human beings most valuable cognitive defense mechanism is denial. Without it we would be in a continual state of worry and despair unless you don’t care bc you will be going to heaven and everything is great there. The motto seems to be “if we don’t worry and change things everything will still be alright.” Good luck with that. Ignorance truly is bliss until it is too late to change things.
Besides the actual name of the video he never said anything about a collapsed. He said the world is going to change as we know it and it's going to change quite a bit.
Probably the most important thing that study would not have taken into account was the internet, which has radically altered so many of the ways the world does business. Hopefully someone re-ran the World 3 studies and modified it to account for the modern Internet now.
Well maybe we should do another test like it to see if 2040 is agreeable as a “turning” point and what scenario is most likely today according to computer modules
I believe we can not only achieve this ahead of schedule, but also hit all four collapses: political, social, environmental, AND economic. Boom, extra credit.
@calan declining birth rates will actually help overcome all our other screwups. the problem is that the wrong countries do not have declining birth rates.
@Keith It's correlated, but not solely caused. In the developed world where children are not allowed to be put to work from a young age, children are a financial drain with little to no guaranteed financial payback. Also, any given child has a high likelihood of surviving to adulthood. Therefor, fewer children makes sense. Add contraception and knowing how to use it, and that becomes a reality. In third world countries they don't have contraceptives or generally know how to use them, they need to produce a lot of children to compensate for how many will die from starvation and disease, and they can put the kids to work so the survivors aren't as much of a drain on the family. Maybe some women in the developed world truly want to have careers, but in reality even those who'd rather be stay at home moms have trouble managing it in most cases because maintaining a family on a single income is very difficult now, vastly harder than it was in previous decades. It's simply harder to raise a family now.
Knowledge is Power! If we can anticipate future trends then we can develop contingency plans that allow our world to adjust through amendments that counter the negative factors which could possibly lead to decline in general. Namaste
I remember this one. In this episode, a bunch of braniacs who were smarter than smart modeled the Federation-Dominion war and concluded that within 6 months the Fed would be defeated, and encouraged surrender negotiations. 6 months later, the Fed won the war..
Every day we have a new problem. It's the new normal. At first we thought it was a crisis, now we know it's a new normal and we have to adapt. 2023 so far looks like a year a year of severe economic pain all over the nation.. what steps can we take to generate more income during quantitative adjustment?I can't afford my hard-earned $680,000 savings to turn to dust...
@TonytheArtist we hardly adapted we shut everything down and were forced to stop living life for almost 2 years while no one could agree on what arbitrary rules to follow and the numbers were being fudged to increase obedience using scare tactics
The year caught my attention because it’s also the next Phoenix phenomenon in May 2040. Of further rumblings, 2046 really is the biggest concern. Interesting.
Its unheard of to hear that M.I.T could possibly get this wrong, but stranger things happen at sea, so most of us have been told. Society is unravelling at a rate of knots, in fact to put it into real terms we are approaching free fall. Now for many they will not see, nor understand what I mean because depending on where you live, you will only have a relative snap shot, which sadly restricts us all because we technically cannot be in all places at once. Which is why we have information that is broken down for us so that we can digest and get a better picture on the so called bigger scale. So for instance we can look up the 10 most expensive places to live in the world, along side the 10 most dangerous. While theoretically that does inform us to a degree, it does not add the crucial ingredient which we seem to be leaving out which is called "Singularity" and this has a mission all of its own and with no time frame to be restricted by. Sadly not everyone truly understands "Singularity" and the gravity it has to all our lives in every passing second, that ticks down on our watches. There isn't a model to predict "Singularity" in order to view, or see how long we have left. Purely on the grounds that once singularity is set in motion, it is forever picking up speed which again is neither log, or linear to time. What makes it even more infuriating it to is influenced by other factors that may not immediately bear any connection what so ever and then we have other influences that come into play which no one could have imagined would accelerate or possibly stall and there lies the other problem which we all understand which we call predictability. Singularity is an event which is taking place at the request or permission of no one person, on this planet. It doesn't have a rule book, and it respects no man or woman for that matter. Scientist who are familiar with Singularity strangely respect it purely because it is in a class of it's own. In a similar way to Schrodinger's Cat, and while that needs to be re-written because we now accept the term Multiverse, where before we were limiting super-position to just the Universe.
Basically what you said about the airplane where because it has so many complex parts and fine tuned details that missing one part can cause the whole thing to become useless. It applies to the whole world. Bees are a good example, without them Nature doesn't work. At today's rate of people destroying whole forests, creating huge landfills & throwing toxic waste in the very air and water we all need to live it is hard to believe that the future will be good. It has to change or there will be nothing left.
You probably won't see this, because the video is already 10 months old...but if you do, you should check out some papers concerning 'Posnormal Theory'. It's a commonly used framework by critical futurists, concerning the growing complexity and chaos of society and ways to navigate our own uncertainty and ignorance concerning the future. It also talks about the feedbackloops you explained
Its the greed and the shortcomings that goes along with it, for the rest of the world and these shitty times that lead to this. Nobody can fix nor stop an outcome that is already taking place. It's just a matter of time before it is actually beeing felt and acknowledged by everyone. I prey that these times will come in a peaceful manner.
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Printing physical money accounts for very little of that inflation. When a loan is made in America, it's making up 90% of that money (thus, requiring 10% down). Then banks rake in cash for something they really don't have any skin in the game for - unless they use that debt as leverage for riskier investments (read: 2008 collapse).
"We are living through one of the most peaceful periods in human history, ever! Overwhelmingly this has all been thanks to technology, education and GLOBAL COOPERATION." 😅
Yeah, this is about the hundredth video I've seen saying this, it's very informative, and I appreciate your work, but how do we actually fix the issues?
I think we should remember that when a civilization collapses it doesn't always mean everyone dies immediately, it usually means people slowly migrate elsewhere.
@House Mouse Shorts my children are the reason I demand change. Before them I didn't care to be honest but I think that's most people, you dont really think about the future past yourself when there isn't a real reason to care
are these reports compared with the actual reports from 1972 - 2010...? I guess yes they did.. I'm interested to see how the actual progress went to know the credibility of these reports.. i believe when we are pushed, we do wonders. but without being pushed, if we do anything, it will be a simple personal achievement rather than history.✌️
I'm not entirely convinced that humanity will go extinct; there'll definitely be a lot less of us, and I think that we will see a regression in society in the next few years, but as a species we will continue. We are adaptable, stubborn, and way too clever for our own good.
Because war is necessary for population control and as the ultimate form of competition encourages technological innovation. Trying to live without war is the height of decadence and decadence always leads to decline.
@LightSilent The EU will not collapse. Soviet Union and EU aren't comparable AT ALL, and if you think so, you REALLY need to open up a book or 10 about the (law of the) European Union.
Korea's population is practically reducing and from what I can tell it has reached comprehensive technology scenario. I feel like other countries will follow this path pretty shortly
I allways tell myself: If we make it we “deserve” it. If not.. well who cares. Let’s do the best we can now, laugh, love and be present. If the world end, it will only be a few weeks of suffering and then peace.
The difference is, making it is not a decision the majority of us are allowed to make. The problem is that only a small group has a say, so whether we deserve it or not doesn't really affect the outcome
Year-over-year inflation stood at 6.5% in December 2022-the lowest that figure has been in more than a year. Inflation was in line with what economists expected and gave many of them a reason to believe that the peak of inflation may be behind us. I have approximately $150k stagnant in my port_folio that needs growth. What is the best way to take advantage of this downturn?
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I personally think that the collapse is more probable because we are more of a reactive society that waits till the last second to do something rather than being proactive. Political corruption and corporate won’t be going away and people are resistant to change, America is very guilty of that. The people who could have the power to make major decisions for the better aren’t really doing much and I feel as though we aren’t changing fast enough.
This is the right answer. "We have the ability to change our world for the better and extend the future of our species for millenia, the problem is that it just isn't short term profitable to the people and governments that control the power and wealth to make it happen." Simply put, greed will be our undoing. Always has, always will.
But isn't the problem with all levels of activism is that it takes on too much of an approach to social settings? As in, it'll perceive what has been wrong with our world, though when it comes to actually doing something about something, one forgets about the world, pretends it never exists, and focuses on the individual, not society. Activists want to tackle all the problems, in relation to their focus on the world, though that leaves the individual, who has become affected by worldly problems, to be neglected. In essence, activists are the same as you, Darkmatter, who will only look to the rich and powerful, wondering why they've not done anything to "change" something. Well, why not you? Is money both the sickness and the cure? Or is there something else to it? Maybe it's that you, among countless other people, don't seem to care enough to save an individual, because these sorts are too afraid to "get involved". You'd rather mind your own business, and therefore, be negligent.
Best day of my life was when I stopped spending borrowed money and only what I earn from my investment... Also Destroyed my financial credit score so can't borrow money.. it's definitely a bad addiction.. kids need to learn this quickly.. Investing your money is misunderstood by many as a "risky way to grow your wealth!" When in reality it is actually a necessary act to fight inflation and get a plethora of wealth. Have my net worth by $1M in the last 4 years.
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I've been scrambling for somewhere to take a dive, where I can make an effort to use the returns to pay bills so I can quit my job . I heard that financial market is one of the most resilient wealth building tools we have to use to our advantage but my issue now is i lack proper market knowledge on how to outperform it. I've $67k atm
I feel part of the problem is you need a phone and internet to literally do anything else in the world. Phones, internet, email, its all mandatory if you're going to survive in this society. We are not living anymore it feels like surviving.
My Personal investigation into that comes to 2035, but yeah its roughly around that time and for sure not stopable. It s crazy how in theory we could stop it, but impossible to do.
The average person has never been so poor. Millions of families are struggling financially as living expenses hit the highest levels in more than four decades. Over 60% of our country lives paycheck to paycheck and about 40% earns poverty wages. Even after working all their lives, more than a quarter of older people have no savings and many believe they will never be able to retire in dignity, while around 55% of elderly people try to survive on an income of less than €25,000 a year. My primary concern is how to grow my reserve of €300k which has been sitting duck since forever with zero to no gains.
@Sausage N Bellenz Not to mention your expected years of life to come amounts to several decades. Just go through your own family history, and you will likely, like me, find that what killed my family members just a few decades ago, is now mostly curable or maneageable medical conditions. In fact I've found out, I was named for a young boy in the 1940's, who really never should have died, by today's standards. His children ought to celebrate Christmas with me this year, and many more years to come. Sadly, their company, lives and ideas, are pure phantoms. Though I will carry his name proudly. and think about what joke and smile he may had served me this christmas. All doomsday economists have so far been wrong, famously beginning with Malthus - or rather actually not! The points he made, were actually the right ones, and consequentally, were acted on, and the catastrophe he pointed at, was avoided. Now that has to be a god job done as an economist!
“The average person has never been so poor” 😂 110 billion people have lived on this planet, 100 billion of whom have lived in abject poverty and under excruciating tyranny but Eric here is worried he can only squeak out 2% on his €300k.
I liked the "apartment vs. castle" statement. I visited the main ruins of a castle in Germany and, until the guide mentioned it, it never occurred to me just how COLD those joints got in the winter...
@crazy edo Hot stones in a pan We still do that here we're a bit ok alot old fashioned but in our case our culture has remained It's like how we were 400 years ago except we have smartphones and other things now
@Neo Link Not to mention the fun of maintaining your own army and getting to play age of empires irl and being able to create something lasting to pass to your kids. As where now all i could give any potential children is a dystopian future.
It's a good argument but he didn't account for the power aspect. Sure, a modern middle class person has more comfort and maybe some more freedom but a rich medieval person has far more power, social status and freedom than in some cases. A king could exert his power and get way more access to resources, and power has to be accounted for in wealth
I’d still go for the palace personally, complete with chefs, housekeeper, groundskeepers etc. I don’t have air conditioning now and I’m sure I wouldn’t need it in a palace with all those windows and shutters and people to go around opening and closing them.
I refuse to give in to the widespread doomsday mentality so prevalent of late. I'm sure lots of people going through hard times thought they were at the "end of days" at many points before in history. We have our share of big challenges to be sure, but also are in a better position than ever before to overcome them.
@TheComicChild I can't understand how "there will be survivors" can be good enough for someone. I wouldn't want my daughter to live in a Mad Max world. I wouldn't say "at least there are survivors"
I was 20 when the Limits to Growth was published. I really did not expect our civilisation to endure until today. I am constantly gobsmacked at how résiliant and innovative humans are, but I’m not encouraged by the general ambivalence and ignorance of our world “leaders”. I’ll be ninety by 2040, if I’m lucky. I’m much more concerned for my children and grandchildren’s future. As they say, “There is no planet B.”
"I was 20 when the Limits to Growth was published. I really did not expect our civilisation to endure until today. " You shouldnt have read that rubbish.
@Counting Stars only thing that has happened from barbarism untill now is that we have become more self loving and increasingly barbaric towards all other lifeforms.
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@Klavs Renerts It's a phishing expedition. They got 11 million views for nonsense. MIT would sue if they knew this was up.
Look harder
our food is definitely not safe
it feels like civilization collapse every 3000 years
Would love to see a comparison of the various economic doomsday theories of the 50s-80s and see how they've fared. I remember hearing my parents and their friends talking about them in the early 90s, and yet here we are.
I mean I remember them saying Y2K was going to wipe us out when it rolled over to 2000
@Георги Георгиев The US has one flavor for everything and that's GMO High Fructose Corn Syrup.
Here's my comment; I'm very pleased to be as old as I am; if I'm not here for the collapse, it will be a blessing.
@Gene Pope "Here we are" in first-world countries. 3rd-world countries are falling apart due to the climate crisis.
You weren’t around when we were inhaling lead from car fumes were you? The world ended for plenty of people.
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@House Mouse Shorts because at this point if you want things to change and not have your entire life dictated by a bunch of stupid laws the only way to achieve this is to wipe it away and start over.
I am a member of how this can suck in our future!
The sooner we break it, the sooner we can fix it
This has happened in New Zealand. A quarter of the population in NZ are elderly, and young people keep leaving due to the high stress of paying taxes to fund so many retired people, who insultingly own the rental property they live in because young people can't afford a house due to the high taxes and low wages they earn.
@Musicvidsetc Because they dare to tell landlords to maintain their property? You know what a world without any gov interference looks like? Maybe read a Charles Dickens novel
@Backyard bowhunter Many people, not just the young, are being priced out of housing. The price of housing has reached the absurd.
@Jude Warner Thank you! I am a Boomer and I was never wealthy. I spent most of my working life caring for the elderly.
Wage stagnation, not keeping up with the cost of living. Wonder if they are on a similar path to Japan?
@Samuel Tallman Is it really because of the shrinking base or might it be, in some part, due to the corrupt fed banking system which forces Gov (the people) to pay more interest than it can afford, thereby leaving Gov short on funds to provide for society?
“When the end of the world comes, I want to be in Kentucky, because everything there happens 20 years after it happens anywhere else.” - Mark Twain
xd
He died after he said that.
We're good til 2060 here in Kentucky, then...
only in the mountains holmes. except for the overdoses.
Social Collapse doesn't always mean post apocalyptic dystopia but rather that the currents social structures will either be incredibly inefficient or completely reformed
& in countries like the United States the people are terrified of personal responsibility. @Politically Ambiguous
@calgar it's not closed.
Does Anyone Else Feel Like Everything Has Changed?
There is also this feeling that the whole world is holding it's breath. Almost as though we are all waiting for some catalyst or sign or event that puts an end to this feeling of being put on hold. This vague unexplained unease.
Everyone is disconnected from each other and there’s no longer any respect or tolerance for each other. No one likes to communicate in person anymore and everyone does things only for money rather than for purpose and meaning. We also have a loneliness epidemic.
Yes, it's about to happen.
By the way, that's the society Ayn Rand truly wanted in her lifetime.
Someone wake her up and tell her that this is what society has become...but the economic system hasn't changed as she desired it to be like.
I think your description is absolutely spot on.
Blame Trump 😂😂😂
Saying "oh hey society is predicted to collapse in 18 years" and following it up with "the first 1000 fans to sign up with this link get a free month of skillshare!" is some disconnected dystopian ish.
lol
Shows where the fissures started
@Purriah101 the risk is becoming a laborer once again.
@Nyalan don’t forget luck
@Banned Again only the lucky ones have access to those things
Our biggest problem is waste. We waste EVERYTHING. Clothing,food,water,energy. You name it and we waste it. If it doesn't fit or if it's broken, we just throw it away. Waste is by far our biggest issue
There was a man named Pete Joseph who spoke on it. He was not main stream.
@Michael Uttley That is a fallacy. They overproduce food and waste alot of it.
Agree. I call it the disposable mindset. I'm frugal, myself.
@Michael Uttley It's not population growth that's the problem, it's economic growth and the corresponding "development" that it entails that's the real issue.
At least the governments are ahead of schedule on something for once.
Right...they are paving the roads to our futures; happy to see many agree!
Yes indeed you are right.
Brutal.. but accurate!
What you said about our current society being the richest and most well-off in history is true. It boggles my mind that as I sit typing this in my single-wide mobile home that I am materially better off than the royalty of past eras. At a touch of a finger, I can set my home temperature levels to what is comfortable. The same finger provides lighting. Not only can I safely store food thanks to refrigeration and canning, I have access to varieties of food that the rulers of Versailles could only dream of. At one time salt and pepper were luxuries; now they come in packages that many people casually throw away. And our health care, though not without its problems, is far superior to that of even 100 years ago. When I want to go somewhere, I can travel at speeds ancient humans never even dreamed possible--I can even FLY! And yet, according to some people's standards, I am considered poor or low-income because I live in a mobile home park. I think people in the far future (assuming we as a species are still around) will look back at us and say that this was the golden age. They will call us Gods.
@Nexo NekoThey never said we didn’t but the world has always been broken since the beginning of time. It’s born of fire and ice with things like earthquakes in a world full of animals that kill to eat each other in order to survive. Things are no different now just more people imo.
@Nexo Neko such is the fate of the Godless
It does not matter how much material comfort you can gather, you're still living in a broken world, at best devoid of meaning.
This is amazing cope posting
The thing is that even mass population decrease can also disrupt globalization. I think we’re never meant to be grown at a such a high rate
Video after video, creator after creator, the naivete of an Australian can never be underestimated.
Hey guys. If we work really hard, we can achieve that goal by 2030
bro just bomb the San Andreas Fault.
I won't pay my taxes. This will be my contribution
YEAAA LETS HIT OUR GREAT FILTER SOONER
😹 let's make it happen
I think the timeline of the decline will speed up exponentially starting now.
The fact that nobody can agree on what’s about to happen and that all of our predictions are so different says something. The worlds getting so complex and we’re so domesticated that whenever something bad happens people just immediately drop their marbles.
@Bella Krinkle I don't think people are more dumb than before. We just learn the skills that help us survive and thrive in this world. I learned how to develop softwares, which is a really good skill to have in my current environment. But throw me in the middle of a forest and I die in a week guaranteed.
Many of the skills we learn today are difficult and we aren't necessarily dumber if we don't know basic survival skills, for we don't *need* those skills in our day to day lives.
"Drop their marbles" - you mean like the MIT professor has done?
Thankfully collapse entails simplification.
It is eerie to watch this exponential increase in efficiency happen in real time thanks to artificial intelligence. Chat gpt 4 release this week, c3 generative ai product suite, open ai licensing it’s generative ai software to various major companies and various ai start ups in various sectors coming to fruition, economic recession looming, major political tension between largest world powers. So much has happened since this comment at a magnitude I’ve personally never seen; a major pivotal moment here in time to say the least.
Because you can tpredict future, only study trends and consider likelyhoods
I know this video ends on a confusing note, but I actually think you can convert all of this into a very rational conclusion, and way of life, with peace of mind. Wrote about this further if anyone is interested. Thanks to the creator for revisiting this book and being honest about it's conclusions.
Send it
I could see society, American especially, hitting a scenario roughly equivalent to Post WWII....Recycling was inherent, I still remember Mom, and Grandparents saving even bits of string, etc. You grew your own food and supplemented with the local market. I grew up as a child with this model.
I think the best thing to do in preparation for societal collapse is to continue with whatever you're doing in the present just in case, but at the same time pick up a skill such as gardening, sewing, or cooking, buy some backyard chickens, or even go to the gym. The reason for this is so that if the end truly is nigh, you will have at least one ability that will help you in a more primitive society. Gardening helps you grow food, and you can collect eggs from backyard chickens or even kill one for meat and feathers and bones every once in a while. Sewing will help you create clothes that will help you and whatever people you might know survive the winter. Going to the gym will be good if you want to be a strong person who can build a house - in this case, also make sure to learn how to make a viable shelter. Don't worry about learning all of these at once - humans are highly sociable creatures and if you know at least one of these skills, you can make friends nearby who know how to do the others. Bonus points if you know your neighbors already, since they're likely the ones you will be turning to in these times of need if they happen. And by completing life as normal other than these few things, you can rest assured that if none of this ever happens, you didn't throw your life away for a pessimistic belief.
I feel bad for all of the people with chronic conditions. They're going to be fucked.
You left out the most important. Get some guns. Learn how to use them. Farming is awesome, but if you have no guns, all you're doing is farming for the biggest guy on the block.
All I can do is note those things, at looking how busy I am right now and many of those are just not possible where I live.
That’s what survivalists are doing
Maybe electing people who won’t be alive for society’s collapse isn’t such a bright idea
Ehhhh. Its been that way for quite some time. Just buckle up and get ready.
Don’t blame me I voted for baby.
#GenZGang
Never trust anyone over 35.
@chico and there still needs to be a connection to modernity which anyone older is too old to engage in.
I believe that, a lot of factors need to be properly checked when comparing the past to the present and, predicting the future.
I appreciate your presentation. You don't come off dogmatic and you can make a joke about yourself. Thanks for the video.
underbudget and ahead of schedule! Good work, Gentlemen!
Interesting. I do that very same thing, thinking of different situations, either ones i been through or those I haven’t, and thinking out different scenarios and outcomes . That way no matter what situation i come across, i know what to do. May sound silly, but its helped me through life so far 🤷🏽♂️. I can only imagine what the computer can see tho.
Simply put. "Plan for the worst, expect the best. Then you are ok and can survive with everything in-between". A basic lesson I learned from my father and grandfather. Has already got me through the GFC in 2008-2010, crazy lockdowns in Melbourne Victoria, Australia due to Covid (destroying my business). Just some examples of financial and associated life needs/pressures. Now we all face a new round of pressures where every single $1counts in one way or another. Wish you all the very best. Am so very thankful for being taught this bask motto in for life.
"So basically yeah the world is ending. Sponsored by Skillshare!"
This world has literally become a parody of itself at this point
Agreed.
@TheLoneGerman this will happen on a global scale not just usa
@ret1con Didn't know Malaysia, Thailand, Vietnam etc are located inside Singapore.
Singapore, Japan and South Korea are literally the only rich countries there, the rest is poor af in comparison.
@Jus Segar Semulajadi laughable
I liked the rate of innovation part. Even if innovation flourishes, what if the things worth innovating upon are just a waste of a perfectly good mind. If advertising and such is 10x easier than particle physics and can get you 100x more rich and famous than who would be a particle physicist? One with a bunch of college debt and a relatively average salary whose time and energy likely will be focused on the corporations goals rather than scientific breakthroughs or personal intrigue. If he/she wants a grant they will likely have to prove that it will be profitable
Most scientists and engineers do not have money as the driving factor in their lives. It's curiosity and desire to understand.
There are diminishing returns to innovation anyhow.
This is literally how most of Research & Development works these days
You say will have to proof, just wanted to point out it already works that way with researchers being judged on a ridiculous studies output KPI.
When examining Gaya Herrington's report, I could actually see the predicted and actual numbers starting to diverge from each other, and the actual today's trends seemed better.
@chickenlord In the section "8. Supporting Infromation", there is a reference to the supporting materials, where you can find the xslx spreadsheet with the graphs built out of the numbers from the report. Also there are graphs with empirical data on the same charts. On these graphs I can see the trends diverging. For example the empirical trend on "Food per capita" is much much better then it was predicted by all of the models.
Can you expand on that? Which numbers seemed better?
The prediction's conclusion is based on current trends. It doesn't take into consideration if those trends are changed to stave off the inevitable.
"When a market is bottoming, the best stocks make their lows ahead of the absolute low in the market averages. As the broader market averages make lower lows during the last leg down, the leaders diverge and maker higher lows."
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What happens after Civilization Collapse is that survivors regroup, organize and rebuild. Very interesting model. Some theoretical scenarios show society collapsing much earlier. Great for Economists who really want to look at and attempt to understand "all" the variables. Or maybe not.
My experience is that there's never been a group of science types as bad at prediction as economists.
It depends on what type of economist. Context is key. It also depends on the nature of the prediction. But it really doesn't take an economist to look at the state of things currently and predict that things are heading towards a poor outcome and that it's obviously been intentional.
I can agree with the spirit of your joke, but the reality of that type of perception so sad: "Hey! They predicted a four-alarm fire! This three-alarm isn't so bad is it? *toasts marshmallow*"
@Tim Nelson scientists without experiments? Strange scientists
Every single one of these types of videos in a nutshell:
“So basically, we all are going to die. Collapse is inevitable. Goodbye society as we know it. Here is the solution:
Thank you for watching! Hope you’re happy and found peace!”
"Necessity is the mother of invention", is a phrase almost exclusively used in humanity's favor. But maybe the planet gets inventive too and necessarily allows us to destroy ourselves.
There is something worth mentioning regarding necessity of problem solving once said problems become large enough to be concerning. While it is true, the truth would probably be somewhere along the lines of, people wouldn't put so much effort into figuring a solution for the sake of... well... other people, but rather once said solution is found, someone, somewhere is getting rich because of it. The end result is the same, but I just find it funny (and somewhat sad) that that's how our society works these days.
I have literally been telling people ignorance as a choice at this point because most people who have a cell phone in their pocket as the greatest library humanity has ever seen right in the palm of their hands daily and yet some people would still rather just go plaster their lives on Facebook. I spend most of my time on my phone researching things information that won't be useful for me at all I just like learning new things.
hey same buddy. i agree with ya. its a shame everyone is tiktarded outta their goards looking for fame, followers and fortune. The Main fight for everyone right now should be 100% focused on workers rights. That is extremely important. The fight against the corruption of corporate greed. plutocracy and greed will be the downfall of any civilized society.
Imagine we burnt through 10.000 Years of society in just a few hundred years.
100 years 😳
The biggest problem with humanity is the fact that we typically tend to be more reactive then proactive we wait until the last minute to fix big problems that could have been solved a long time ago
It's that, but it's much more so that people who are not reactive and are more proactive are usually not given any attention or care from the rest. Then you have politics that intentionally attempts to go after achieving votes from the reactive people, which then leads to the view that these kind of people are more valued by politics, which then establishes over time a status quo that caters to those people and disregards the proactive and even smears them, which then creates a vicious circle that is bound to end in failure. Usury and the people involved in that that live off of the interest of it was a mistake that lead to all this. They're mathematically compulsive, calculating, but impulsive, and mistake mathematical calculation for being useful in all situations when it isn't. Math has no room for context. Thus, they believe they're geniuses when they're not, seeing, but not perceiving; hearing, but not understanding.
Basically me doing my econometrics paper
@iamtheschalrus jealous much?
👍It means that we are way behind from the expectation of our ancestors.There will always be a saturated pt to reset/equilibrate the system before "total collapse".
"Predictions are tough to make. Especially about the future" - New York Yankee legend, Yogi Berra
I didn't know predictions could be made about anything other than the future.
Even the ones that are accurate, it never ends with a collapse
Collapse isn't an event, it's a process.
One of human beings most valuable cognitive defense mechanism is denial. Without it we would be in a continual state of worry and despair unless you don’t care bc you will be going to heaven and everything is great there. The motto seems to be “if we don’t worry and change things everything will still be alright.” Good luck with that. Ignorance truly is bliss until it is too late to change things.
Besides the actual name of the video he never said anything about a collapsed. He said the world is going to change as we know it and it's going to change quite a bit.
Probably the most important thing that study would not have taken into account was the internet, which has radically altered so many of the ways the world does business. Hopefully someone re-ran the World 3 studies and modified it to account for the modern Internet now.
Well maybe we should do another test like it to see if 2040 is agreeable as a “turning” point and what scenario is most likely today according to computer modules
I believe we can not only achieve this ahead of schedule, but also hit all four collapses: political, social, environmental, AND economic. Boom, extra credit.
@Vitamin Protein That's exactly what he said. He said birthrates decline in all but third world countries, which are underdeveloped countries.
Try 7 years
@calan declining birth rates will actually help overcome all our other screwups. the problem is that the wrong countries do not have declining birth rates.
Done! What's our reward? Oh . . . total chaos. That's a TERRIBLE prize for first place!
@Keith It's correlated, but not solely caused. In the developed world where children are not allowed to be put to work from a young age, children are a financial drain with little to no guaranteed financial payback. Also, any given child has a high likelihood of surviving to adulthood. Therefor, fewer children makes sense. Add contraception and knowing how to use it, and that becomes a reality. In third world countries they don't have contraceptives or generally know how to use them, they need to produce a lot of children to compensate for how many will die from starvation and disease, and they can put the kids to work so the survivors aren't as much of a drain on the family. Maybe some women in the developed world truly want to have careers, but in reality even those who'd rather be stay at home moms have trouble managing it in most cases because maintaining a family on a single income is very difficult now, vastly harder than it was in previous decades. It's simply harder to raise a family now.
Knowledge is Power!
If we can anticipate future trends then we can develop contingency plans that allow our world to adjust through amendments that counter the negative factors which could possibly lead to decline in general.
Namaste
I remember this one. In this episode, a bunch of braniacs who were smarter than smart modeled the Federation-Dominion war and concluded that within 6 months the Fed would be defeated, and encouraged surrender negotiations. 6 months later, the Fed won the war..
Every day we have a new problem. It's the new normal. At first we thought it was a crisis, now we know it's a new normal and we have to adapt. 2023 so far looks like a year a year of severe economic pain all over the nation.. what steps can we take to generate more income during quantitative adjustment?I can't afford my hard-earned $680,000 savings to turn to dust...
Thanks for being honest about the ads. One day, there might be a world without them ☺️
Because of our ability to record things and writings and so on including virtual worlds then our civilization can only change but will never die.
The way Covid was handled is a good insight as to how screwed we are if something even more serious comes
@TonytheArtist unexpected?
Some humans a lot do not adapt
@klausmkl we literally arent.
“Comes” as if dealing with climate change isn’t already upon us.
@TonytheArtist we hardly adapted we shut everything down and were forced to stop living life for almost 2 years while no one could agree on what arbitrary rules to follow and the numbers were being fudged to increase obedience using scare tactics
The year caught my attention because it’s also the next Phoenix phenomenon in May 2040. Of further rumblings, 2046 really is the biggest concern. Interesting.
Look up the planet Pluto in Aquarius. It’s over.
The markets have been overvalued for years. Frankly I'm surprised the whole system hasn't collapsed before now.
Its unheard of to hear that M.I.T could possibly get this wrong, but stranger things happen at sea, so most of us have been told. Society is unravelling at a rate of knots, in fact to put it into real terms we are approaching free fall. Now for many they will not see, nor understand what I mean because depending on where you live, you will only have a relative snap shot, which sadly restricts us all because we technically cannot be in all places at once.
Which is why we have information that is broken down for us so that we can digest and get a better picture on the so called bigger scale. So for instance we can look up the 10 most expensive places to live in the world, along side the 10 most dangerous.
While theoretically that does inform us to a degree, it does not add the crucial ingredient which we seem to be leaving out which is called "Singularity" and this has a mission all of its own and with no time frame to be restricted by. Sadly not everyone truly understands "Singularity" and the gravity it has to all our lives in every passing second, that ticks down on our watches.
There isn't a model to predict "Singularity" in order to view, or see how long we have left. Purely on the grounds that once singularity is set in motion, it is forever picking up speed which again is neither log, or linear to time. What makes it even more infuriating it to is influenced by other factors that may not immediately bear any connection what so ever and then we have other influences that come into play which no one could have imagined would accelerate or possibly stall and there lies the other problem which we all understand which we call predictability.
Singularity is an event which is taking place at the request or permission of no one person, on this planet. It doesn't have a rule book, and it respects no man or woman for that matter. Scientist who are familiar with Singularity strangely respect it purely because it is in a class of it's own. In a similar way to Schrodinger's Cat, and while that needs to be re-written because we now accept the term Multiverse, where before we were limiting super-position to just the Universe.
Basically what you said about the airplane where because it has so many complex parts and fine tuned details that missing one part can cause the whole thing to become useless.
It applies to the whole world.
Bees are a good example, without them Nature doesn't work.
At today's rate of people destroying whole forests, creating huge landfills & throwing toxic waste in the very air and water we all need to live it is hard to believe that the future will be good.
It has to change or there will be nothing left.
The idea of feedback loops actually comes from Control System Theory.
Never let anyone make a decision if they won't personally suffer for being wrong.
Zeitgeist Movement is needed
@Gabe C If your country has a state pension I hope they discontinue it within your lifetime. I don't owe you a thing!
Finally. Something we humans are good at! 😃👍
You probably won't see this, because the video is already 10 months old...but if you do, you should check out some papers concerning 'Posnormal Theory'. It's a commonly used framework by critical futurists, concerning the growing complexity and chaos of society and ways to navigate our own uncertainty and ignorance concerning the future. It also talks about the feedbackloops you explained
Great video, educational. Thank you.
This was great. Thanks so much for sharing!
Its the greed and the shortcomings that goes along with it, for the rest of the world and these shitty times that lead to this. Nobody can fix nor stop an outcome that is already taking place. It's just a matter of time before it is actually beeing felt and acknowledged by everyone. I prey that these times will come in a peaceful manner.
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Survival skills will always be valuable;)
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Im playing days gone, learning to survive in 2041
Having skills would actually be incredibly useful in the event of societal collapse though?
For me, it's the inflation fed by money printing and the crazy products like derivatives that will accelerate our economic demise
Printing physical money accounts for very little of that inflation. When a loan is made in America, it's making up 90% of that money (thus, requiring 10% down). Then banks rake in cash for something they really don't have any skin in the game for - unless they use that debt as leverage for riskier investments (read: 2008 collapse).
"We are living through one of the most peaceful periods in human history, ever! Overwhelmingly this has all been thanks to technology, education and GLOBAL COOPERATION." 😅
I'd have to say that their 2040 prediction might have been too optimistic. We may not make it till then.
Yeah, this is about the hundredth video I've seen saying this, it's very informative, and I appreciate your work, but how do we actually fix the issues?
Get our heads out of our asses. Figure out how to get the economy to be sustained on a renewable energy. We’re capable of it.
After having grandparents that taught me and my cousins how to farm the land. I wouldn't have an issue surviving without modern day amenities.
I think we should remember that when a civilization collapses it doesn't always mean everyone dies immediately, it usually means people slowly migrate elsewhere.
@House Mouse Shorts my children are the reason I demand change. Before them I didn't care to be honest but I think that's most people, you dont really think about the future past yourself when there isn't a real reason to care
The original MIT study had it ending in 2020, but like most institutions that predict the end of the world, it has been pushed back a few times.
I got a feeling it’s going to be way sooner than that. Judging by the 10 and 2 year yield inversion I’m thinking within ten.
I think our only hope is exponential technological growth through the development of AGI, which is a thing the studies didn't consider as well.
@jack worse I.. guess. Although we would probably have a better bet with superintelligent A.I. or at the very least self-improving A.I.
I fail to see how AGI resolves the issues of systematic critical resource (water, food, mineral) and energy scarcity?
are these reports compared with the actual reports from 1972 - 2010...?
I guess yes they did..
I'm interested to see how the actual progress went to know the credibility of these reports..
i believe when we are pushed, we do wonders. but without being pushed, if we do anything, it will be a simple personal achievement rather than history.✌️
I'm not entirely convinced that humanity will go extinct; there'll definitely be a lot less of us, and I think that we will see a regression in society in the next few years, but as a species we will continue. We are adaptable, stubborn, and way too clever for our own good.
Depends on if there's any habitat left for humanity to survive by. If the mass extinction is extensive enough there may not be.
"Why get hostile when you can get rich?" is literally the founding principle of the EU.
All you need is a petrol/gas station. Too bad mother Russia is not available.
Because war is necessary for population control and as the ultimate form of competition encourages technological innovation. Trying to live without war is the height of decadence and decadence always leads to decline.
@LightSilent The EU will not collapse. Soviet Union and EU aren't comparable AT ALL, and if you think so, you REALLY need to open up a book or 10 about the (law of the) European Union.
@Some rat I'm a fool for saying a true statement that directly ties with the original comment? Kick rocks troll
Always a great bit of information 👍✅
Korea's population is practically reducing and from what I can tell it has reached comprehensive technology scenario. I feel like other countries will follow this path pretty shortly
Same goes for Japan
I allways tell myself: If we make it we “deserve” it. If not.. well who cares. Let’s do the best we can now, laugh, love and be present. If the world end, it will only be a few weeks of suffering and then peace.
The difference is, making it is not a decision the majority of us are allowed to make. The problem is that only a small group has a say, so whether we deserve it or not doesn't really affect the outcome
Sadly I think 2040 is still too generous at this rate! Look how insane it is compared to even 2 years ago
Year-over-year inflation stood at 6.5% in December 2022-the lowest that figure has been in more than a year. Inflation was in line with what economists expected and gave many of them a reason to believe that the peak of inflation may be behind us. I have approximately $150k stagnant in my port_folio that needs growth. What is the best way to take advantage of this downturn?
@Pickle Paradox these are bots
Do not take advice off people on KZclip man
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I personally think that the collapse is more probable because we are more of a reactive society that waits till the last second to do something rather than being proactive. Political corruption and corporate won’t be going away and people are resistant to change, America is very guilty of that. The people who could have the power to make major decisions for the better aren’t really doing much and I feel as though we aren’t changing fast enough.
Integrity is gone
And when man decides what is “good” that’s how you get where we’re at
This is the right answer. "We have the ability to change our world for the better and extend the future of our species for millenia, the problem is that it just isn't short term profitable to the people and governments that control the power and wealth to make it happen." Simply put, greed will be our undoing. Always has, always will.
But isn't the problem with all levels of activism is that it takes on too much of an approach to social settings? As in, it'll perceive what has been wrong with our world, though when it comes to actually doing something about something, one forgets about the world, pretends it never exists, and focuses on the individual, not society.
Activists want to tackle all the problems, in relation to their focus on the world, though that leaves the individual, who has become affected by worldly problems, to be neglected.
In essence, activists are the same as you, Darkmatter, who will only look to the rich and powerful, wondering why they've not done anything to "change" something.
Well, why not you? Is money both the sickness and the cure? Or is there something else to it? Maybe it's that you, among countless other people, don't seem to care enough to save an individual, because these sorts are too afraid to "get involved". You'd rather mind your own business, and therefore, be negligent.
Excellent research and presentation.
Best day of my life was when I stopped spending borrowed money and only what I earn from my investment... Also Destroyed my financial credit score so can't borrow money.. it's definitely a bad addiction.. kids need to learn this quickly.. Investing your money is misunderstood by many as a "risky way to grow your wealth!" When in reality it is actually a necessary act to fight inflation and get a plethora of wealth. Have my net worth by $1M in the last 4 years.
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@Rachel Brinkmeier I've known I've wanted to start investing for a few months but just haven't been brave enough to start due to the market so far this year .Please, how do i reckon with such skillset?
@Thorman Boucher yes, they can have a positive impact on an individual's portfolio. I started with a trust portfolio advisor named KATHERINE DUFFY BURKE. She is verifiable and her work ethic complies with the US Investment Act of 1940 with very reasonable fees relative to my invstment earnings.
@Dan Leahfort There are plenty of ways to make a kill right now, but trades this large and nearly flawless can only be done by real-time experts with ISDA agreement. An ISDA agreement; allows investors to sit at the "big boy table" and make high-level transactions inaccessible to amateurs.
I've been scrambling for somewhere to take a dive, where I can make an effort to use the returns to pay bills so I can quit my job . I heard that financial market is one of the most resilient wealth building tools we have to use to our advantage but my issue now is i lack proper market knowledge on how to outperform it. I've $67k atm
I feel part of the problem is you need a phone and internet to literally do anything else in the world. Phones, internet, email, its all mandatory if you're going to survive in this society. We are not living anymore it feels like surviving.
Absolutely true considering who funds MIT they are so interested to tell you the truth
"we are ahead of schedule" thank you, had a good giggle at that 😆
"Here you go, have an ad."
"What a good little consumer you are."
I died a little.
I skipped it
i wonder how it is possible to pull that off
We didn't choose this and we can't opt out now
Me: laughing in adblock
@Stellar Fervour nah bruh now its broken XD
I’m definitely panicking tonight and on the weekend. Asked my kids to panic too as backup. Thank you so much
That was the most light hearted delivery on the end of the world. I imagine I better live life like its golden and enjoy each day like its my last.
My Personal investigation into that comes to 2035, but yeah its roughly around that time and for sure not stopable. It s crazy how in theory we could stop it, but impossible to do.
The average person has never been so poor. Millions of families are struggling financially as living expenses hit the highest levels in more than four decades. Over 60% of our country lives paycheck to paycheck and about 40% earns poverty wages. Even after working all their lives, more than a quarter of older people have no savings and many believe they will never be able to retire in dignity, while around 55% of elderly people try to survive on an income of less than €25,000 a year. My primary concern is how to grow my reserve of €300k which has been sitting duck since forever with zero to no gains.
Solution:rebel
@Sausage N Bellenz Not to mention your expected years of life to come amounts to several decades. Just go through your own family history, and you will likely, like me, find that what killed my family members just a few decades ago, is now mostly curable or maneageable medical conditions. In fact I've found out, I was named for a young boy in the 1940's, who really never should have died, by today's standards. His children ought to celebrate Christmas with me this year, and many more years to come. Sadly, their company, lives and ideas, are pure phantoms. Though I will carry his name proudly. and think about what joke and smile he may had served me this christmas.
All doomsday economists have so far been wrong, famously beginning with Malthus - or rather actually not! The points he made, were actually the right ones, and consequentally, were acted on, and the catastrophe he pointed at, was avoided. Now that has to be a god job done as an economist!
The average person has never been so poor...LOL
“The average person has never been so poor” 😂 110 billion people have lived on this planet, 100 billion of whom have lived in abject poverty and under excruciating tyranny but Eric here is worried he can only squeak out 2% on his €300k.
Everybody's hoping the scientists they've never really respected will come along with magical technology and save the world at the last minute.
I liked the "apartment vs. castle" statement. I visited the main ruins of a castle in Germany and, until the guide mentioned it, it never occurred to me just how COLD those joints got in the winter...
@crazy edo Hot stones in a pan
We still do that here we're a bit ok alot old fashioned but in our case our culture has remained
It's like how we were 400 years ago except we have smartphones and other things now
@Neo Link Not to mention the fun of maintaining your own army and getting to play age of empires irl and being able to create something lasting to pass to your kids. As where now all i could give any potential children is a dystopian future.
It's a good argument but he didn't account for the power aspect. Sure, a modern middle class person has more comfort and maybe some more freedom but a rich medieval person has far more power, social status and freedom than in some cases. A king could exert his power and get way more access to resources, and power has to be accounted for in wealth
@Zizi Roberts Not so good in a siege though so you'd probably have a good life but a short life!
I’d still go for the palace personally, complete with chefs, housekeeper, groundskeepers etc. I don’t have air conditioning now and I’m sure I wouldn’t need it in a palace with all those windows and shutters and people to go around opening and closing them.
Thank goodness, this is such a relief. I sure hope they are right.
Well at least we can exceed expectations in one category :D
Can't wait to see how celebrity's react when it finally happens
I refuse to give in to the widespread doomsday mentality so prevalent of late. I'm sure lots of people going through hard times thought they were at the "end of days" at many points before in history. We have our share of big challenges to be sure, but also are in a better position than ever before to overcome them.
@TheComicChild I can't understand how "there will be survivors" can be good enough for someone. I wouldn't want my daughter to live in a Mad Max world. I wouldn't say "at least there are survivors"
And never before have so many bunkers & 30 year stable foods existed. There will be survivors, IF we reach THAT point.
Earlier in history we didn't have the means to destroy ourselves and our world. Now we do.
We are a species with Amnesia and this video is a perfect example of that.
I was 20 when the Limits to Growth was published. I really did not expect our civilisation to endure until today. I am constantly gobsmacked at how résiliant and innovative humans are, but I’m not encouraged by the general ambivalence and ignorance of our world “leaders”. I’ll be ninety by 2040, if I’m lucky. I’m much more concerned for my children and grandchildren’s future. As they say, “There is no planet B.”
That's garb your reading, programming by the WEF
I found the cheatcode for easy night's rest: don't have children!! 🤣
"I was 20 when the Limits to Growth was published. I really did not expect our civilisation to endure until today. "
You shouldnt have read that rubbish.
@Counting Stars only thing that has happened from barbarism untill now is that we have become more self loving and increasingly barbaric towards all other lifeforms.
Most peaceful time ever. Goes back 60 years.
The biggest hole in these models is AI. We’re heading to a future where society will rely a lot less on human capabilities
Thats the myth of people who never realy looked in ai
All good and terrible things must come to an end! 🙏
What a time to be alive!