The Failure Will Be Spectacular

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"It saddens me that we can be as destructive to ourselves and to nature, especially to nature," he says. "Our civilization is very clearly not sustainable." He compares it to the flight of a rock which cannot continue level and definite flight but will eventually come back down toward earth. It's core then Tom. What is fundamentally wrong with civilization? You're entitled to a pause.

This week, Nate invites colleague Tom Murphy, professor of physics at the University of California, San Diego and writer of ‘Do the Math’, to unpack his recent essay The Simple Story of Civilization. Tom condenses the vast timescale of human life on Earth to an average human lifespan to give us a sense of the anomalous period we’re living through. What is civilization and how quickly did it come about? Can technology redirect civilization from its current perilous course? Is optimism näive or is it necessary in order to make the hard decisions within us? A 30 minute overview with Nate and Professor Tom Murphy.

For Show Notes and More: https://www.thegreatsimplification.com/frankly-original/22-the-simple-story-of-civilization

To Watch on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f6yFrh1X6DI