Andy Schmookler discusses his take on The Fate of Human Civilization.
Andy Schmookler said that he thinks a lot about the fate of human civilization these days. He said that the subject worries him because, after a half-century of studying the destructive forces at work in the systems of civilization, his gut feeling is that it is no better than a toss-up whether, in the coming generations or centuries, humankind will get its act together well enough to prevent our civilization destroying itself.
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