MIT Predicted the Collapse of Today's Society in 1972. And We're Right On Track.
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A new study by a director of KPMG reveals that a 1972 model by MIT researchers predicting the collapse of society in the 21st century is on track.

A new study by a director of one of the world's largest accounting firms, KPMG, reveals that a 1972 model by MIT researchers predicting the collapse of society in the 21st century looks to be worryingly on track, a report by Vice explains.

The 1972 model, called World3, was created in the '70s using empirical data, and it was published in a book called 'Limits to Growth'.

Essentially, the model aimed to answer the question of what would happen if humanity keeps pursuing economic growth, no matter the societal and environmental cost? It concluded that, without drastic change, industrial society was headed for collapse.

  • Yllych [any]
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    3 years ago

    However, not all hope is lost, the study says. Though we have a strikingly small window in which to make the necessary changes to avoid the worst-case scenario, according to the study.

    "A deliberate trajectory change brought about by society turning toward another goal than growth is still possible. The LtG work implies that this window of opportunity is closing fast," Herrington's paper reads.

    I know it was the 70s and even seeming like a pinko could kill your career but I wish scientists would just come straight out with the obvious conclusion they come to: Communism must win or we die

      • invalidusernamelol [he/him]
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        3 years ago

        There are plenty that would be communist if they weren't in the core. I'd say most would be totally cool with a communist government as long as they kept getting research funding.

        Sometimes they produce these studies that just end up in the Westworld "that doesn't look like anything to me" phase where they acknowledge that it exists, and refuse to see the solution clearly and directly presented by their own data because acknowledging it means decommissioning and losing their tenure.