Sentences with phrase «of societal collapse»

Survive the cyberspace gauntlet of the Project - K network and reawaken Eden to save a world on the verge of societal collapse in this action - packed arcade shooter.

To demonstrate «critical slowing down» as an early warning signal of societal collapse, Downey and his fellow researchers examined five decades» worth of data on Neolithic European settlements published in archaeological journals.

Not exact matches

«Survivalism,» or preparing for societal collapse, has become serious business among some of America's super rich, as illustrated by a recent article from The New Yorker which takes a look at the great lengths to which some of the richest from Wall Street to Silicon Valley have gone to protect themselves against cataclysmic civil unrest.

Despite the fact that there are an estimated 10 million LGBTQ - identified Americans and 62 % of Americans are in favor of marriage equality, LGBTQ people are not protected from workplace discrimination, face growing numbers of violent hate crimes, including harassment on public transportation, and have been called the cause for «societal collapse» by the sitting Vice President.

Ability of one class of society to insulate themselves from the immediate effects of bad outcomes and pass it on to others is a core cause of long term societal collapse.

Ultimately, the kind of mass fail the GOP needs to retain its most fundamental brand as the Party of Normal People involves a societal collapse of the neoliberal or liberaltarian project.

While some were still itching for a ballot box fight, others seemed resigned to absorbing unjust blows in the short term and girding for the difficult long - term task of rebuilding a societal structure that has at least partially collapsed.

Based on the novel of the same name by Jean Hegland, the story follows two sisters (played by out actresses Ellen Page and Evan Rachel Wood) surviving in the dense woods after a sudden societal collapse.

This surprisingly touching tragicomedy revolves around love and friendship, and it's a gem of low - budget British cinema that ignores discussing the political issues that come with societal collapse, instead focussing on something more emotive and soulful.

Scarcity of resources from the environment (clean air, water, food, energy, land etc.) leads to violent conflicts within nations, and to war and terrorism between nations.13 Neomalthusians have argued that global environmental change leads to scarcities of resources that could lead to societal collapse.

Neomalthusians have argued that global environmental change leads to scarcities of resources that could lead to societal collapse.

The display ends with Hamed Ewais's Le Guardien de la vie (1967 - 8), a large - scale oil painting that depicts a fighter, weapon in hand, while underneath him everyday events such as a wedding taking place and a child riding a bike are shown, suggesting the possibility of societal renewal following the collapse of the Pan-Arab ideal after the Six - Day War in 1967.

Despite the work's dizzying surrealism, Castator has distilled a contemporary notion of reality, where societal collapse is suddenly plausible and an entire generation of young people, faced with an uncertain future, have retreated into humanity's most simplistic pursuit: unadulterated, hedonistic pleasure.

This piece is highly relevant: «Consider Clashing Scientific and Societal Meanings of «Collapse» When Reading Antarctic IceNews.»

However, evidence for societal impacts are tied to drought on ancient civilisations is much stronger — the ancient «Curse of Akkad» describing the droughts affecting the Akkadian Empire; the Mayan collapse etc. — and this is well brought out in the text.

However, BAU will quickly make BAU untenable, in my opinion, because BAU will lead to societal collapse way before all of the fossil fuels have been burned.

500ppm — 750ppm still seems like a recipe for societal collapse, even if it pushes back the threat of species extinction.

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Will a form of feudalism develop during the rapid transition to total societal collapse?

The new climate change collapse threat study discussed above is being conducted to examine the societal risks of climate change in light of political capture by harmful ideologies that fail to recognize realities on the ground as they emerge.

She argues that overt images of death and decay along with the deeper implications of societal decline and collapse are powerful triggers for denial of mortality.

As the world teeters on the brink of catastrophic climate change and societal collapse, it is clear that those of us with the knowledge and capacity to resist have a responsibility to do so.