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This week, societal collapse and how to avoid it.

Every era has its moment of crisis, where it feels like the world is going to come to a screeching halt.

The 20th century saw World Wars, followed by the constant specter of nuclear Armageddon.

At the turn of the millennium, it was the Y2K bug that led to Dumaers getting lots of airtime.

And for me, growing up in India, there was no escape from Bollywood movies that reminded us

all that we were living in what Hindus called the Kalyuk, the era of darkness, the final

stage where God will destroy evil and kickstart the era of renewal.

The 21st century comes with its own threats.

Not only the one this podcast focuses most on climate change, but also pandemics.

And most recently, the idea that an AI gone rogue will think humans are no longer useful

and turn us all into paper clips.

Jokes aside, for many, fear of imminent societal collapse has grown with the realization

that the global politics is no longer the same.

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