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Predicting the future is easier if it’s a backsliding future. - Roe vs Wade will fall - Ozone hole will reopen - Every infectious disease beaten back by vaccines will return - Every mediocre show/movie will be rebooted - Rules-based international order will be dismantled
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The Great Backslide: 2015 - 1965. 50y on a typical indicator - Internet will be disconnected at national borders - Cold War will restart - Literacy will decline - Longevity will decline - Infant mortality will go up - Medical quackery will re-emerge - Religiosity will rise
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What happens after the end of history? We rewind and rerun. Why are we surprised? The Great Weirding (2016-20) becomes the Great Backslide (2020-2070) becomes the Great Refactoring (2070-2370). Three stages of a Dark Age. Of 350 years.
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And that’s assuming I finish inventing psychohistory. If not the 350 years becomes 3500. Y’all better give me money to get this done.
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