, do you think this will happen?
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With low probability by 2043, but yes. In my lifetime? Depends on how exactly you define those terms, but not unlikely with conservative definitions. If we look a few centuries out, I expect that either civilization has collapsed, or this has happened.
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Haha yeah, I might have been too optimistic.
I'm 14, Do you think it will be in my lifetime?
Why would civilization collapse?
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Sure, there's a bit more probability mass that it's in your lifetime than in mine (I'm 33). There are many, many reasons why civilization could collapse—including, critically, this scenario coming about! en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Global_ca
