MIT Predicted in 1972 That Society Will Collapse This Century. New Research Shows We're on Schedule

Vice ^ | 07/14/2021 | Nafeez Ahmed

[Jan_Sobieski]

A 1972 MIT study predicted that rapid economic growth would lead to societal collapse in the mid 21st century. A new paper shows we're unfortunately right on schedule.

A remarkable new study by a director at one of the largest accounting firms in the world has found that a famous, decades-old warning from MIT about the risk of industrial civilization collapsing appears to be accurate based on new empirical data.

As the world looks forward to a rebound in economic growth following the devastation wrought by the pandemic, the research raises urgent questions about the risks of attempting to simply return to the pre-pandemic ‘normal.’

In 1972, a team of MIT scientists got together to study the risks of civilizational collapse. Their system dynamics model published by the Club of Rome identified impending ‘limits to growth’ (LtG) that meant industrial civilization was on track to collapse sometime within the 21st century, due to overexploitation of planetary resources...

[Jan_Sobieski]

This 1972 study, along with the book “Ecoscience: Population, Resources, Environment” by Paul/ Annie Ehrlich and John Holdren (Obama’s science Czar) explains the elite’s mad rush to control human population over the last 50 years (e.g. abortion, planned parenthood, National Security Memorandum 200, and now Event 201).

(Hint…don’t get the COVID-19 vaccine)

[MattMusson]

I have lost my place. Can anyone remind me what Chapter of Revelation we are on?

[Oatka]

As the world looks forward to a rebound in economic growth following the devastation wrought by the pandemic

As the world looks forward to a rebound in economic growth following the devastation wrought by the political overreaction to pandemic.

There, fixed it.

[Jan_Sobieski]

Somewhere between 6-9

[BeauBo]

The collapse was foreseen...

(Pro Tip) Get vaccinated, especially if overweight or over 50.

[butlerweave]

With all the insane lock downs governments will create a Super Duper Pandemic

[freedumb2003]

Eat drink and be merry!!

Well, we know there is only what, 8-1/2 years of life anyway?

And here I wasted 40 years building a nest egg.

[entropy12]

Hint…don’t get the COVID-19 vaccine

Yes! China needs all the help it can get to keep the pandemic going in Western countries by non-vaccinated independent minded people.

[freedumb2003]

>>With all the insane lock downs governments will create a Super Duper Pandemic<<

Yes, hey have made good use of the “all the above is suspended in case of a pandemic” in Article VIII of the US Constitution.

[freedumb2003]

My FAVORITE book, along with Heinlein’s Past Through Tomorrow when I was young.

[Karliner]

End of chapter three. In chapter four the church is gone.

[Diana in Wisconsin]

“...following the devastation wrought by the pandemic...”

Well, first of all, THAT is wrong. Devastation was ‘wrought’ by VAST Government overreach, not ‘the flu.’

Now, I will read the rest of the article... ;)

[PersonOfNo Consequence]

This was also the year of the Meadows Report aka The Limits to Growth put out by the Club of Rome. It predicted superexponential growth leading to catastrophe. (The book's publication date is given as 1974, but I remember the report was out and being discussed in 1972, right around the time I was finishing my dissertation.)

[Diana in Wisconsin]

“Can anyone remind me what Chapter of Revelation we are on?”

Not sure, but everything these days REEKS of horse manure, so I’m pretty sure that The Four Horsemen are close at hand! ;)

[Mark17]

I have lost my place. Can anyone remind me what Chapter of Revelation we are on?

I think chapter 12, where there will be war in heaven, and when the dragon is cast down to the earth, things are REALLY going to heat up. We haven’t seen anything yet.

[Jan_Sobieski]

(Pro Tip) Get vaccinated, especially if overweight or over 50

It is so refreshing to see people like BeauBo do his part to “take one for the team” to save social security and keep Fauci and Gates in Corporate Jets. Your sacrifice, BeauBo, will never be forgotten by the elites, until tomorrow. Remember the words of Jesus, “the Meek shall inherit the earth?” Every aborted baby used in vaccines will stand in judgment on this generation.

[Seruzawa]

The collapse has nothing to do with economic expansion. Nothing. It is not a result of “hidden” forces or “inevitability”.

It is purposefully brought about by psychopaths for no other reason than that they want everyone dead. Don’t get hung up in intricacies. Soros, the IMF, Pelosi, Biden, Merkel, Gates, Fauci... all bad vicious actors.

[2 Kool 2 Be 4-Gotten]

And models never get it wring amiright.

[Jan_Sobieski]

You might want to read the article, or have spike proteins dulled your senses?

[pepsi_junkie]

industrial civilization was on track to collapse sometime within the 21st century, due to overexploitation of planetary resources..

Such was the fad in the early 70s, all manner of "science" being conducted that showed we'd have famines due to overpopulation and killer ice ages due to pollution and the end of civilization as we know it unless we kick Nixon out and elect a communist.