Mike Robbins's Blog - Posts Tagged "collapse"

Inequality and democracy

Can inequality destroy democracy? And if it does, what will the endgame be?

Thoughts after reading Robert Reich on inequality, Joseph Tainter on the collapse of complex societies - and A.L. Rowse on Elizabethan England. Three books that appear to have nothing in common, but just may point to our near future.

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Published on April 28, 2018 14:29 Tags: collapse, complex-societies, democracy, inequality, joseph-tainter, politics, robert-reich

The endgame in the Age of Stupid

Could our society collapse? Yes, and it might be doing so right now. Reading these three books together has made me see all too clearly how.
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Collapse of Complex Societies
The Death of Expertise: The Campaign Against Established Knowledge and Why It Matters
The Fifth Risk
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Published on July 25, 2019 08:09 Tags: collapse, fake-news, history, joseph-tainter, michael-lewis, politics, sociology, stupidity, tom-nichols