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    ⓘ Dogs don't have thumbs‏ @MorlockP 11 Oct 2019

    In my 20s I thought a lot about the multiple centuries long collapse of the western Roman empire, and wondered why no one stood up and did anything. Hahaha funny how that used to be a purely academic concern.

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      1. ⓘ Dogs don't have thumbs‏ @MorlockP 11 Oct 2019

        ⓘ Dogs don't have thumbs Retweeted Kalkin Trivedi  🇺🇸  💙 🌻 💛  🤍 💮 ❤️

        2/ Concur. Technology means that what took the Romans 300 years, we can do in 30. ...or 3.https://twitter.com/KalkinTrivedi/status/1182819314279145473?s=19 …

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        Kalkin Trivedi  🇺🇸  💙 🌻 💛  🤍 💮 ❤️ @KalkinTrivedi
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        2/Our collapse will be much faster, & on much larger scale due to risk factors being global in scope. Prof Joseph Tainter who wrote the book on collapse of complex societies says these conditions have never occurred before.
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      2. ΧΡΙΣΤΌΦΟΡΟΣ bɝːd‏ @CjgbVictoria 11 Oct 2019

        Justinian tried to bring it back, but that was a mistake.

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      1. Drew Posting His L's Online‏ @onefiftyfivemm 11 Oct 2019
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        I mean, they did Why do you assume no one did anything? No one did anything that worked.

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      1. Kalkin Trivedi  🇺🇸  💙 🌻 💛  🤍 💮 ❤️‏ @KalkinTrivedi 11 Oct 2019
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        1/Did you ever come up with a definitive answer? My guess would be "normalcy bias". Same reason firemen found what was left of patrons sitting around tables at Beverly Hills Nightclub after fire. Busboy was one of the few who actually herded ppl to safety.

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      2. Kalkin Trivedi  🇺🇸  💙 🌻 💛  🤍 💮 ❤️‏ @KalkinTrivedi 11 Oct 2019
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        2/Our collapse will be much faster, & on much larger scale due to risk factors being global in scope. Prof Joseph Tainter who wrote the book on collapse of complex societies says these conditions have never occurred before.

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      3. Joseph Hertzlinger‏ @jhertzli 12 Oct 2019
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        Larger systems usually do everything more slowly.

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      1. Martian Orthodox‏ @MartianOrthodox 11 Oct 2019
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      2. Randall Parker #VaccinesForMoreViruses‏ @futurepundit 11 Oct 2019
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        There are quite different kinds of collapse. People who think collapse is a serious possibility need to explain which kind they mean. Each requires a different strategy and amount of preparation for handling it. For example, starvation conditions require hiding with resources.

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      3. Randall Parker #VaccinesForMoreViruses‏ @futurepundit 11 Oct 2019
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        A less severe collapse might best be handled by hiding in plain sight with the appearance of being poorer than you are and with good home defenses. Staying in the decayed civilization and functioning in it makes sense if it has a useful but smaller economy.

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