US centric. Looking from the perspective of civilizations rise and fall over all of human history. Takes a view that it’s really all about energy.
Collapse, Jared Diamond’s lucid book, covers similar territory
Adam Curtis has a documentary on BBC iplayer following up his hyper normalization
I don’t know how to view it yet but the Guardian review is sobering.
I’ve linked before to Ian Welsh’s political analysis
Long arc of history reveals a lot of multi century civilizations that have eventually collapsed. Are we next?
I am generally a happy and optimistic person and I suppose I’m optimistic that “in the long run” (some) people will live good lives, but it seems like the next 50 years or so are destined to be a time of decay and continuing crapification.
