apocalypse has always been a hopeful idea because assumes the moment everything goes to hell can be pinpointed and you'll be around to see
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artisanal robots
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Here's a great piece on the desire to see it all go to hell at once:http://airshipdaily.com/the-political-economy-of-zombies/ …
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I think collapse and replacement can happen much faster now; might take a decade or two.
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The real question is who among our contemporaries will be seen as the heroes and who will be the villains.
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This provoked thought.
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Mongols developed more modern cavalry tactics, with armored heavy cavalry and light horse archers.
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They pushed Germanic tribes into Romans, and you get collapse. But that's only an immediate cause.
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Really, the Roman empire had increasing corruption that left it unable to defend itself: a flu killed, but only because of AIDS.
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What holds back corruption? fear of central authority -> fear of war or voters
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But at each step in a chain of authority, the links are weakened. Bigger systems are worse, and no external threats means decay.
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