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566: Compilation: Stories about the Apocalypse

The Why Files: Operation Podcast

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Predictions of an Impending Collapse: From Newton to MIT

This chapter explores apocalyptic predictions, beginning with Isaac Newton's end-of-the-world forecast for 2060 and its modern interpretations. It contrasts traditional doomsaying with data from a 1970s MIT computer model that suggests societal collapse by 2040, underscored by early signs noted as recently as 2020.

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