The Most Dangerous Story Ever Told: Environmental Collapse, Progress, and Human Destiny

As time goes on, more and more of my daily news feed consists of reports of ecological collapse: fires, hurricanes, floods, droughts. It’s increasingly easy to believe the earth is telling us to leave.

We won’t be the first civilization to collapse — but we may well be the last

“Our civilization’s collapse will be unique in size, magnified by the destructive force of our fossil fuel-driven industrial society. But it will replicate the familiar patterns of collapse that toppled civilizations of the past.”