Can you compute leverage of entire societies? For instance to compare risk of a developed society to a developing one? (both oil-based say)
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How narrowly are you defining leverage? Financial leverage? Because I'd argue to should include the assets/liabilities more broadly.
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I'm thinking about this as earth's carrying capacity current given technology vs. current trajectory / exploitation of resources.
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Yes, that was where I started. Taleb's fragility idea is more moralistic than usable for that in a way, despite math.
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but assessing the actual numbers is a HUGE task; we'd need a model for the effects of all human actions on environment...
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