We finally must create a planet - wide human family that joins together to fight against the environmental and social woes that otherwise will cause the first ever global collapse of a civilization. (dotearth.blogs.nytimes.com)
But for all practical purposes, data in the 21st century, barring the utter collapse of our civilization, is going to last a freaking long time. (hughhowey.com)
I can't imagine I'd take kindly to everything I assumed about the world being proven wrong and all my success now being blamed for the potential collapse of civilization. (paulgilding.com)